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...election gains, Merkel cautioned that "tough working weeks lie ahead of us." It will take more than such warnings, though, to puncture the bubble of good humor enveloping many of her compatriots. Germany was dubbed the land of smiles on the cover of a recent issue of German newsweekly Der Spiegel. Some 85% of respondents in a poll for the magazine anticipated that 2006 would be a "good year." The number of Germans who feel their government can improve their lives has risen fourfold in the past six months, consumer confidence is at its highest in four years...
...before. It's not been a winning strategy. According to the latest Forsa poll, backing for the party is down to 28%, from 39% six months ago (Merkel's cdu stands at 38%). The spd is also suffering fallout from the tarnished image of former Chancellor Gerhard Schröder, who took a €250,000 job with a subsidiary of the Russian giant Gazprom shortly after leaving office, raising questions about his judgement; and because its ministers have been associated with unpopular government pronouncements. Wolfgang Thierse, a veteran spd deputy and vice president of the Bundestag, says his party...
...Summers said, according to the newspaper. “Like people study political science, culture, public health, economics, law and medicine, students in Harvard will now study India as a subject.” In an interview yesterday, Sanskrit and Indian Studies Department Chair Leonard Van Der Kuijp—who is also affiliated with the University’s South Asia Initiative—said he did not know what specifically Summers was referring to in the interview. “We are looking forward to learning more about the plans of the University to develop South Asian studies...
PARIS Herv Van der Straeten designed the case for Guerlain's best-selling lipstick, KissKiss ($26), in Grenat...
...Like it Yacht,” Phillips not only proves that he can hold his own with the best of Broadway as far as acting goes, but it is fair to say that his hilarious performance of “The Reich Track” edges “Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop” from “The Producers” into the shadows...