Word: borel
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...also had long-standing and successful collaborations with other eminent mathematicians, producing, among others, the Atiyah-Bott fixed-point theorem concerning fixed points on mathematical maps, and the Borel-Weil-Bott theorem, which had a large influence on representation theory...
...case, Russian President Vladimir Putin is guilty for actions that have made desperate the Chechens and others who seek independence from Russia. As long as violence is seen as the only way to negotiate - in Russia, the Middle East or anywhere else - more innocents will die. François Borel-Hänni Lille, France No political or religious cause can ever justify deliberate harm to children. Yet humanity has the uncanny ability to lower itself to unfathomable depths of evil. After the events in Beslan, no doubt even God is in despair of what has become of us. Barrett...
Lloyd's troubles began in the U.S., in Beaumont, Texas, where in 1969 a dying insulation installer named Clarence Borel sued 11 asbestos companies for failing to warn him about the hazards of handling the material. Four years later, a federal appeals court held the companies liable. The lawyers did the rest, opening the floodgates to damage claims that would eventually bring down huge asbestos companies like Johns Manville Corp., which restructured itself after a trip through bankruptcy court. The insurer of last resort--the party most exposed to the torrent of claims--was Lloyd's of London...