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...apply, with various alterations and restrictions, to products such as cheese and chocolate (but not, thankfully, to children). Enforcing them could be problematic, since identifying "Swiss-ness" is sometimes not as easy at it seems. Just ask McDonald's. Its campaign to assure customers that its ingredients are 100% "aus der Schweiz" took a knock last July when it emerged that the cow used in a poster was in fact Austrian. But then cows aren't the only Swiss animals having an identity crisis. (Read: "Supersizing Europe: The McDonald's Stimulus Plan...
...book about how God needs man to sin so he can punish him. That's an interesting concept, could you speak a little bit about that? I had just done this hideous radio interview in Berlin for German public radio. At one point, I meant to say "Sieht so aus als haettest du all dein Deutsch vergessen," which means "I guess I've forgotten so much German." Only I misconjugated the verb vergessen to vergast, and when I came out of the interview, the publicist was a furious with me. Vergast is the past tense of the verb...
...Ricky Ponting's Aus-tralians touched down in England last week to begin a 14-week tour, during which they will defend the Ashes against the strongest English side for at least 20 years. The mind games will intensify on June 19, when the two countries contest an early installment of a limited-overs tournament. The main event starts next month at Lord's, venue for the first of five Tests. McGrath needs one wicket to take his tally in Tests to 500, a mark reached by only three other bowlers. If he can manage 21 wickets for the series...
...countries are taking to promote their artists this year: for the controversial collective called et al., New Zealand is going loud; with slacker-generation sculptor Ricky Swallow, "it's a much more subtle kind of approach," says Karilyn Brown, head of audience and market development at the Aus-tralia Council, which funds the show...
...poll was taken by phone September 22-26 by ICR Survey Research Group of Media, Pa., part of AUS Consultants...