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...polite posturing of Germany's election campaign captures the mood in most European capitals at the moment. Both Chancellor Angela Merkel's center-right Christian Democrats and the center-left Social Democrats of Frank-Walter Steinmeier remain committed to Berlin's 4,000-strong troop deployment in Afghanistan as part of the multinational force there. But Die Linke, a smaller, left-wing party, has won support by campaigning on an immediate withdrawal, and as public support for the Afghanistan mission falls even the mainstream leaders are having to take notice. Steinmeier has recently hinted that he would pull troops...
...Emmy this year for his role as an over-the-top straight guy in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. And he has parodied this image of suit-wearing cockiness by playing a hypermasculine version of himself in the Harold & Kumar movies. If Frank Sinatra had wanted a gay singing-and-dancing magician to party with--and no doubt he would have--Harris would have gotten...
...professors John C. Coates, Robert C. Clark, Allen Ferrell, and J. Mark Ramseyer signed an amicus brief earlier this month in support of the defendant, Harris Associates, along with more than 20 other corporate law and finance professors. According to Coates, the brief agrees with Seventh Circuit Chief Judge Frank H. Easterbrook’s ruling that the court should not be involved in determining the compensation of investment advisors. Coates said he was motivated in part to contribute to the amicus brief because his research on competition in the mutual fund industry had been incorporated into several earlier briefings...
...election campaign when reports emerged that a Sept. 4 air strike ordered by a German commander in Kunduz province resulted in high civilian casualties. But even on such a contentious issue as the war, there's precious little disagreement between the parties most likely to form a new government. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the current Foreign Minister and the SPD's candidate for Chancellor, at one point appeared to suggest a timetable for German troop withdrawal, then beat a swift retreat from anything so radical. Steinmeier, Merkel and Guido Westerwelle, the leader of the Free Democrats (FDP) and a possible replacement...
...However, another student, Elizabeth H. Thompson ’12, when informed of the incidents, said, “I’ve walked into Boston at night once or twice and I probably wouldn’t do that anymore.” Cambridge Police Department spokesman Frank Pasquarello recommended that students be cautious. “The only advice I can give people is that any time you’re in an area where you believe you’re in danger, always try to walk with someone. Be aware of your surroundings...