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...Since we're on the subject of bad music, I've noticed that DJ Jurgen and Alice Deejay's execrable European hit "Better Off Alone" has finally hit American radio, thus returning to torture me for another few weeks (it was played everywhere in Singapore when I was there during winter break). The song has turned some ears obviously, since I've been getting requests to play it in my DJ sets. How much do I hate it and its basic Eurotrance-by-numbers beat? How many words for "cheese" are there? Bleu cheese, cheddar, Brie, Camembert, Parmesan...
...corporate fat cats even fatter. In Germany, where the culture places greater emphasis on making it to the top of a company than on lining your pockets once you get there, option giveaways still consume only about 5% of total corporate profits. At the German chemical company BASF, CEO Jurgen Strube collects about $300,000 worth of options a year. "In the U.S., you have CEOs who earn more than $100 million on their options," says BASF vice president Hans-Otto Brinkkotter. "We avoid that...
...DIED. JURGEN MOSER, 71, renowned mathematician who advanced scientists' understanding of how the solar system works and aided the development of particle accelerators; of cancer; in Zurich...
...seniors, thesis pressure is slowly starting to mount. The social studies department is requiring that all concentrators turn in a thesis prospectus today. The social studies faculty is extremely fond of theorist Jurgen Habermas. If I wrote my thesis about him, I would probably do very well. Unfortunately, when I was assigned one of his books during my sophomore year, I couldn't understand a single word...
...easy to clear.) This year the E.U. banned the importation of nonapproved GM corn. In the U.S., GM strains are mixed with ordinary strains, so the country's entire corn export to Europe was effectively outlawed. "Until we have new rules, we don't want new substances released," says Jurgen Trittin, Germany's Environment Minister. "It's a de facto moratorium...