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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...humor and his rebellious attitude revealed a man who refused to let go of his youthful, rebellious spirit throughout his entire life. Your story said he was "an outspoken teenager who never quite grew up." Who ever said that was a shortcoming? Tolulope Ogunlesi Lagos German Chancellor Helmut Kohl undoubtedly brought together East and West Germany, but George H.W. Bush's description of him "as the greatest European leader of the second half of the 20th century" shows a degree of naiveté. Kohl was yet one more politician who wanted to leave his mark on history, at the cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Outstanding European Individuals | 11/28/2006 | See Source »

After getting socked with a late fee and finance charge on my Kohl's account in May, I called to plead my case. How could a $45.08 pair of sneakers result in a $70.58 charge? O.K., I was two days late. Still, the $25 late fee and 50¢ finance charge came to a whopping annualized penalty rate of more than 21,000%. A local loan shark would have cut me a better deal. The Kohl's rep's response: "It's perfectly legal, and everybody does...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Credit Cards Soak You | 10/15/2006 | See Source »

...Matisse into The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. And Libeskind's plunging vectors will never be the ideal resting place for Vermeer or Monet--which might explain why the Denver museum will continue to house most of its older art in the more conventional galleries of the Ponti building. Daniel Kohl, the museum's installation designer, has taken on the job of mediating between Libeskind's building and the art, mostly by way of partitions that softly mimic Libeskind's angles in ways that bring the pictures to a soft landing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: As Sharp As It Gets | 9/3/2006 | See Source »

...were still there to offer some of them himself. Each went down to defeat as Kennedy sat, Buddha-like and in complete control, casting proxy votes in his deep baritone for several Democrats who were not present - and, in one amusing absent-minded moment, even for one, Senator Herb Kohl of Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Big Business Turned the Anti-Immigrant Tide | 3/28/2006 | See Source »

...mail. Hiscox said he is planning to undertake a major social labelling experiment with a supermarket chain in Italy, which caters to a broad swath of Italian society. While the study’s conclusion appears to contradict established thinking about consumer preferences and price, Eileen Kohl-Kaufman, executive director at Social Accountability International, which is undertaking the Italy study with Hiscox, said that the experiment’s conclusions were consistent with economic theories about consumer preferences. “The idea is to make consumers aware of what they are buying and to reward good practices...

Author: By Adrian J. Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Fair Trade Draws Buyers, Study Says | 3/21/2006 | See Source »

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