Word: anglo
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...name fool you: The Phoenix Landing is about as Irish a pub as they come. The owners named the establishment for the mythical bird that rises from its ashes in blazing glory — a common symbol for Ireland’s rebirth after the Anglo-Irish War. The interior of the Landing is bathed in a warm red and features authentic wooden walls. The Galway-born bartender, Niamh (rhymes with ‘Bev’—no joke), told of the St. Paddy’s Day festivities: an honest-to-goodness bagpipe...
...project has also come under criticism from Jean-Noël Jeanneney, president of the French national library, who has already digitized 80,000 volumes of the French library. He said the Google project would inevitably be biased in favor of English language and Anglo-Saxon publications. Jeanneney’s complaints were reported in The Chronicle of Higher Education earlier this month...
Flecker, however, insists that HUL’s vast amount of foreign works will counteract the Anglo-American influence Jeanneney proposes...
...this year, to about €700 million. There are, it seems, plenty of wealthy customers out there. In Paris, Colette - the must-visit store for fashion fans - is packed. A woman spots a Russian sable scarf for €11,520 and buys it. Marko Matysik, the Anglo-German designer who supplies fur scarves and jeweled belts to the store, isn't surprised. "There were two of my chinchilla scarves here the other day and they've both sold, too," he smiles - for €10,800 each. "These days fabulous women see something marvelous - and they want it right...
...plans to spin off or sell a string of businesses - including Meats Europe, its packaged-meat division that houses the Aoste brand - worth around 40% of the firm's revenues. Investors liked the slimmed-down look; shares climbed 4% on the news. Where does that leave rival Unilever? The Anglo-Dutch titan last week announced a 36% slide in pretax profits for 2004. "They need to re-establish a little bit of momentum" before trimming fat, says Andrew Wood of U.S. investment-research firm Sanford C. Bernstein. But don't expect major weight gain. Unilever first needs "to sort...