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MARCH 15, 2005 Gathering in the Loeb Drama Center, the Faculty stunned itself by voting 218-185 to express a lack of confidence in Summers. “I think this will give us a mandate to do more,” German literature professor Judith L. Ryan said after the meeting...
...British pub operator (try to guess why); Canon, the Japanese imaging company, because "worldwide media attention" means fans will want to record the event; Fuji Photo, a Japanese film company (see Canon); Coca-Cola, one of the main sponsors; Tesco, a British takeaway-food retailer; InterContinental Hotels; Puma, the German sports-shoe company, because of "higher-than-average brand awareness" as all sports equipment gets a lift; and Beiersdorf, a German personal-products manufacturer. It seems clear that you could substitute, say, Anheuser-Busch for Heineken or Kodak for Fuji or McDonald's for Tesco. Those bench players...
GEORGE W. BUSH, answering a German newspaper reporter who asked him to name the best moment of his five years as President...
...company on the map. For the 1954 World Cup in Bern, Switzerland, Dassler had designed the first soccer shoe with replaceable cleats, or screw-in studs, at the bottom. An hour before the final between heavily favored Hungary and Germany, Dassler surveyed the muddy field and figured his German team needed longer studs to improve traction. Germany upset Hungary 3-2 in the slop, and the "Miracle of Bern" established Adidas as the unquestioned soccer leader...
...scored a major coup by shutting out Nike ads on U.S. English-language broadcasts of the games. The company will also be the sole footwear sponsor on three popular soccer sites: ESPN Soccernet, Soccer on Yahoo! and FIFAWorldcup.com the official site. With the U.S. six to nine hours behind German prime time, distracted workers will flock online for the latest scores. Boasts Simon Atkins, director of marketing communications for Adidas America: "We're heading Nike off at the pass everywhere it turns...