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...Madam Chancellor, You Look Marvelous...
...jarred by some of the descriptions of the German Chancellor in "Merkel's Moment" [Jan. 11]. While the article does a nice job of summing up Angela Merkel's rise through the sexist ranks of German politics, it contradicts itself by using such outdated gender stereotypes as diminutive, frail and kittenish to describe the first female Chancellor of Germany. Though subtle, this sort of language is damaging. One step forward, three steps back. And to think, the writer is a woman...
...Meanwhile, Basu himself developed a reputation for nepotism. He gave choice land and government contracts to his son's friends and business partners and, in March, his own biographer was named vice chancellor of Calcutta University. Basu never hid his bourgeois tastes - which included a fondness for Scotch and annual trips abroad for health checkups - but critics derided his increasingly lavish, state-sponsored birthday celebrations and Prime Minister-level security detail. The Marxist poet Samar Sen described Basu as "the most well-protected Marxist leader east of the Suez Canal...
...tensions have dealt a blow to Merkel's approval ratings. According to a survey by the polling institute Infratest Dimap on Jan. 7, 59% of Germans approve of the way Merkel is doing her job, compared with 70% in December. The Chancellor will have to find a way to rekindle the love that swept her back into power last year, or she could be looking at a very long, torturous...
...letter prompted a wave of attacks on Merkel's leadership in the German media. The country's biggest-selling tabloid, Bild am Sonntag, ran a headline on its front page reading, "The Men's Rebellion Against Merkel," while the Süddeutsche paper published a commentary saying that the Chancellor had been "apathetic and too lazy to think" during last fall's negotiations to form a new government. Experts say the criticism is not entirely surprising. "Chancellor Merkel has to take this letter seriously as it's struck a chord with thousands of conservative supporters," Langguth says. (Read "Anger Mounts...