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...imagine this idyllic mountain principality with 35,000 citizens as the heart of Europe's axis of evil. Yet secret agents, investigators and a growing chorus of politicians in Germany, the U.S., the U.K. and even Australia are convinced that this tiny enclave is up to no good. German lawmakers have barraged Liechtenstein with such epithets as "rogue state" and "den of thieves," and the German Finance Minister has wondered aloud whether "it's time to tighten the thumbscrews...
...smiles when I caught up with him, taking a water break in his glistening white t-shirt and five-years-ago aviators. Steven, glad to see you are staying hydrated. Does it bother you that practically every DJ we have heard here tonight is French, German, or Dutch? “I am not at all suspicious of all the Europeans,” he replied, coughing through gulps of water. “My music tastes generally trend to guys like the Eagles, Bruce Springsteen—real all-Americans. But it’s good to get exposure...
...past two decades, HMI has proved highly successful in both capacities. After repaying its startup loan, HMI has posted consistently expanding revenues, bringing in $1.5 million in profit for HMS in 2006. Perhaps more importantly, HMI has participated in many important public health projects, ranging from advising a major German medical school on how to educate students to masterminding the construction of Dubai’s healthcare infrastructure. While HMI is not a research institution per se, it is hard to see why its function is inappropriate. Medical education and health care-delivery consulting represent an important way that Harvard...
...This is where the German's cruelty comes in: The counterfeiters were given unheard of privileges - decent food, clean quarters and beds, even a ping pong table, which, inevitably, the rest of the camp knew about and which, naturally, covered them with guilt verging on shame...
...That seems unlikely in the run-down mining town that didn't even exist until some German miners set up a company called SAM near the town of Ouandja. The mining company's departure and decades of neglect and insecurity have left the remote northern town a forgotten backwater - like the country of which it forms part...