Word: gregorer
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...there's plenty of it. The picture, directed and co-written by Gregor Jordan from Robert O'Connor's novel, plays like a mini-series compacted into 95 minutes. It develops a severe case of character sprawl: a clueless colonel (Ed Harris) and a hard-nosed top sergeant (Scott Glenn) and their respective women (Elizabeth McGovern, Anna Paquin)--both of whom cozy up to Elwood--plus lots of troublesome MPs and outsiders who stand in Elwood's way as he plans the big score. What's worth savoring is Phoenix's performance, cool and alert, confiding only in the camera...
...alternative proposal. While unwilling to pass on bank account details, Switzerland would be prepared to levy a withholding tax on the bank accounts of E.U. residents. This would safeguard client privacy, but still provide European treasuries with tax revenue. "We think it?s a most unique offer," says Gregor Kündig, an executive member of the national industry federation Economiesuisse who deals with E.U. issues. "It has never happened in history that we collected taxes for other states...
...Swiss are bracing for a fight. In a front-page editorial on Aug. 1, Switzerland?s national holiday, the Neue Zürcher Zeitung went so far as to liken the E.U. information-exchange measures to the all-intrusive Big Brother state of George Orwell?s novel 1984. And Gregor Rutz, general secretary of the Swiss People?s Party, which is pushing the constitutional amendment, contends that banking secrecy "is not at all anachronistic. It?s a highly modern policy that is particularly important today at a time when we experience ever more state intervention in the private lives...
GERMANY Frequent Flyer Chancellor Gerhard Schröder got a gift from an unlikely quarter - the resignation of Gregor Gysi, leader of the Party for Democratic Socialism, the old East German communists. Gysi quit as both party leader and economics minister of Berlin over a scandal about his use of air miles - totted up on official business - for personal trips. The charismatic Gysi was the most prominent PDS figure and the one most popular among people in western Germany and young voters. His resignation could be a lifeline for Schr?der's re-election hopes. If the pds fails to gain...
...Pforzheimer: Kelly M. Doran, Alexander M. Gelber, John A. Higgins, Eva C. Holtz, Bryan T. Kim, William K. Josephson, Gregor Matvos and Andrew Park...