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...anyway, there's another reason to choke off all the sardonic snorts: Caspar isn't the first foreigner to head the Michelin guide. That distinction went to Englishman Derrick Brown in 2000, an appointment that caused outrage in France and delight in Britain. France seems to have moved on since then. It's less sure the same can be said for its neighbors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: France Shrugs as a German Takes Over the Michelin Guide | 12/21/2008 | See Source »

...Mexico State - not exactly an NCAA powerhouse. Carlesimo, once a successful college coach at Seton Hall University, had never meshed with pro players: in the 1990s, he failed in both Portland and Golden State, where he found himself on the receiving end of Latrell Sprewell's infamous choke hold. Randy Wittman was coaching a team that everyone expected to be cellar dwellers, and proved winner Eddie Jordan has had to deal with a raft of early-season injuries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The NBA's Epidemic of Fired Coaches | 12/17/2008 | See Source »

...absolutely likely” that Bush’s NLRB decision would be repealed. President-elect Barack Obama championed organized labor in his campaign, saying in April that “it’s time we had a president who doesn’t choke saying the word ‘union,’” according to remarks on Obama’s Web site...

Author: By Peter F. Zhu, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Teaching Fellows May Look to Unionize | 12/5/2008 | See Source »

...hour with benefits that was the old UAW wage, and that was cited by Alabama Senator Richard Shelby as a reason to oppose any bailout. And the cost differential on enginemaking between Detroit and the transplants will narrow to a couple of dollars by 2011. "You want to just choke these guys [in Congress] and take them through the 60 plants that I've been through and see what I've seen," says Harbour...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is This Detroit's Last Winter? | 12/4/2008 | See Source »

...Harvard Voice). We tried to start a wind farm in Adams A, using fans all powered by other fans plugged into the wall. (The data is still inconclusive.) And of course, we threw out all of the free condoms lest a duck or an Isis girl should unfortunately choke...

Author: By Daniel K Bilotti and Vincent M Chiappini, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: A Harvard BeTRAYal | 11/5/2008 | See Source »

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