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...comical meaning when set to music. In one scene, for instance, a Sarah Palin look-alike belts, "I'm a pit bull!" while surrounded by scantily clad go-go dancers. In another, John McCain performs a rock song called "See You in November" with an ever-so-slight German accent. The Obama character, meanwhile, sings excerpts from the candidate's actual speeches while backed by the "Yes we can!" shouts of a gospel choir...
...vital for Kraft to be viewed as respectful of Cadbury's British values - especially in the U.K., the world's second largest candy market. But it needn't be unprofitable. Take the Mini, for instance. German automaker BMW, which started producing the cars in 2001 after the collapse of British manufacturer Rover Group, has reaped rich rewards by "playing up the Britishness and keeping a link to the heritage" of its spruced-up new models, says David Bailey, a professor of international business strategy and economics at Coventry University. Ford, on the other hand, fell afoul as the former owner...
...Pope, most notably his decision to reactivate Pius XII's sainthood dossier, which Benedict himself had put on hold three years ago to await more historical study. "The Pope's visit to the Rome synagogue is a negative fact," Laras, head of the Italian Rabbinic Assembly, told the German-Jewish community newspaper Juedische Allgemeine Zeitung. "[The visit] won't bring anything worthwhile, but will only serve the most reactionary sectors of the Catholic Church...
...will mention it, or details of his own experience as a teenager in Germany during World War II. In contrast to John Paul's willingness to talk about the war years, Benedict has offered scant recollections of his forced conscription into the Hitler Youth group. "I believe every elderly German has something worth telling Jews, and maybe also asking forgiveness," Pacifici says. (Read: "Benedict's Pope: Should Pius XII Become a Saint...
...letter prompted a wave of attacks on Merkel's leadership in the German media. The country's biggest-selling tabloid, Bild am Sonntag, ran a headline on its front page reading, "The Men's Rebellion Against Merkel," while the Süddeutsche paper published a commentary saying that the Chancellor had been "apathetic and too lazy to think" during last fall's negotiations to form a new government. Experts say the criticism is not entirely surprising. "Chancellor Merkel has to take this letter seriously as it's struck a chord with thousands of conservative supporters," Langguth says. (Read "Anger Mounts...