Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Tolstoy's Way of No Flesh: Abstinence, Vegetarianism, and Christian Physiology. Ronald LeBlanc, Department of German and Russian, University of New Hampshire, and fellow, Russian Research Center. Coolidge Hall, Room 215, 1737 Cambridge...
...think it's an excellent idea," said Associate Professor of German Peter J. Burgard. "The 'general studies' was confusing. Some students felt it made [the honors degree] look less impressive, as if they didn't concentrate in something...
Nicholas Leeson, whose speculating brought down Baring Bros. & Co., hopes British authorities will indict him so that he will not be extradited to Singapore, where he was working when he executed the trades. Leeson is being held in a German prison. His lawyer said he might give British authorities information that would lead to an arrest warrant for his client. University of Pennsylvania law professor Welsh White told TIME Daily that although he has never heard of a defense attorney seeking an indictment of his client, he understands why Kempf is doing so, since the British justice system...
Trader Nicholas Leeson's stock gamble cost Baring Brothers & Co. $1.46 billion, $460 million more than previously estimated, the insolvent bank said today, as the Dutch ING Group agreed to take over Baring for a token one pound, or $1.65. Leeson, now in a German prison, is fighting extradition to Singapore, where he stands accused of forging a Wall Street executive's name on a document used as collateral for a loan to Baring. Says TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand: "A lot of people doubt that Leeson was this lone cowboy who just blew this bomb up inside, with...
...there is nothing in Europe or Asia to compare with the American commercial services such as CompuServe, America Online and Prodigy. The most aggressive of them, CompuServe, has set up local -- and low-price -- nodes in most of Europe's major cities, offering forums and services in German, French and Dutch. The service is adding new subscribers in German-speaking countries at a rate of 1,500 a week -- small by U.S. standards, but significant in a Europe with only a third of America's PC penetration. Government controls and low consumer consciousness, however, remain bigger problems than access. Most...