Word: floriane
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...Current plans place the memorial, an imposing (detractors say fascistic) design by Austrian architect Friedrich St. Florian, smack dab in the middle of the Mall, between the towering Washington Monument and the stately Lincoln memorial (site of Martin Luther King?s "I Have a Dream" speech). Opponents call it an outrageous defacement of a national space, while defendants consider the prominent placement a fitting testimony to the monument?s importance...
Pity the poor Haffa brothers, Florian and Thomas. Around this time last year the two Bavarian businessmen were closing in on the purchase of the late Jim Henson's Muppet empire--a $680 million deal that brought Kermit the Frog, Miss Piggy and the denizens of Sesame Street into the fold of their company, EM.TV & Merchandising. They were the toast of the high-flying Neuer Markt, a sub-exchange that the Deutsche Borse (German Stock Exchange) set up for sky-bound new issues like theirs...
Look at 'em now. The Neuer Markt is floundering with the rest of world stock markets, Florian is out of his job as EM.TV's chief financial officer, and both men are under investigation for fraud and face a possible wave of lawsuits...