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Thousands of Opel workers in Germany are breathing a huge sigh of relief after the last-minute deal to rescue GM's European operations. German unions had always supported Austrian-Canadian company Magna International's takeover of GM Europe, wary that the rival bid from Fiat was just an attempt, as one union official put it, to "pinch German engineering." The unions regard Magna as an innovative company that put forward the best plan to secure the long-term future of Opel. At the carmaker's headquarters in the town of Rüsselsheim near Frankfurt, workers were hugging friends...
...London Ignoble Exit Michael Martin became the first Speaker of the British House of Commons in 300 years to be ousted, resigning May 19 amid an outcry over his attempt to block London's Daily Telegraph from publishing details of lawmakers' expense-account abuses. So far, 80 members of Parliament have been singled out for absurd write-offs, from porn to diapers...
...delegation leader Nikolai Voshchinin said at a news conference.Although U.S.-Soviet relations were the talk of the town, the delegates, who arrived in the wake of Premier Nikita Khrushchev’s U.S. visit, strayed from political discussion, focusing instead on cultural exchange, in what appeared to be an attempt to facilitate amicable and peaceful coexistence.Prior to Khrushchev’s first visit to the U.S. during the previous month, Soviets had been prohibited from leaving the USSR. The student exchange programs—such as those in which the student delegates participated—demonstrated that the iron curtain...
...hole in the fourth.With a minute left to play, Harvard looked to have seized the momentum. Backup quarterback Liam O’Hagan found junior Matt Luft in the endzone to pull the Crimson within two points of the Bears.But Harvard was stopped short on its two-point conversion attempt, letting Brown walk away with the 24-22 win, its first against the Crimson in nine years. “You always learn more about your team from a loss than any win,” Curtis said. “We had some holes, we had an opportunity...
...team was rolling with a six-game unbeaten streak, including a 1-1 tie against then-No. 12 Boston College. After having played a grueling nine games in 22 days, the Crimson players were optimistic about their ability to succeed. But with missed shots—including a close attempt from freshman Melanie Baskind that deflected off the crossbar—and Penn finding the net once in each half, the Harvard team emerged from the game in a completely different mood. “It was our first Ivy League game, and we lost it,” junior...