Word: jointed
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...Fritz Henderson phoned Chancellor Angela Merkel's office Thursday to seal the deal. The decision to sell Opel and Vauxhall to Magna is a coup for Merkel who has staked her credibility on the bid, a joint offer from the Canadian car-parts manufacturer and Russia's state-owned Sberbank. Since May, Merkel and the German government have thrown their weight behind Magna's offer, arguing that Magna already had extensive experience in building autos. Berlin also likes the fact that the Magna bid will keep open Opel's four factories in Germany, thus saving more jobs there than rival...
Hershey and Nestlé have had discussions but faced an impasse over who would get the gum business, according to someone familiar with the situation. Nestlé wants the gum operations for itself, while Hershey prefers it be shared through a joint venture...
...several ways, Connor’s attractive personality served him well in art theft. The joint author of his book, Jenny Siler, reports that when she interviewed his partners in crime none of them would speak ill of him. “I have never in my life met someone who could engender such incredible loyalty,” Siler says. His sharp-eyed intelligence must have been another asset when it came to eluding security measures. “He thinks of things that other people wouldn’t think of,” Siler says, a quality...
...they are often veiled.Carlin E. Wing ’02Carlin Wing, who will teach “Introduction to Still Photography” this fall, is currently working at the Open Art Performance Festival in Beijing, bouncing squash balls off Olympic architecture. After graduating from Harvard with a joint degree in VES and Social Anthropology, Wing became a photographer. She currently examines spaces such as elevators or parking lots as sites for play and social interaction and spoke to The Crimson via email.THC: Can you tell us about your artistic developments after graduating from college?Carlin Wing: After college...
...heckle heard round the world - or at least all over cable news. As President Barack Obama addressed a joint session of Congress on health-care reform on Wednesday, Sept. 9, Representative Joe Wilson broke the chamber's strict etiquette by yelling "You lie!" after the President (accurately) noted that his proposed health-care benefits would not extend to illegal immigrants. With those two words, the South Carolina Republican was transformed into a national political figure (if only briefly), loathed by Democrats and rebuked by fellow Republicans for defying tradition. At the GOP leadership's behest, Wilson called the White House...