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...officials point out that their benchmark interest rate of 2% is less than inflation and that high oil prices are probably here to stay. They're also keen to fire a shot at governments in France, Germany and elsewhere that have allowed budget deficits to soar. "I won't lean out of the window and shout that this will wreck the recovery," says Stefan Schneider at Deutsche Bank Research in Frankfurt. If he's right - and if Trichet is telling the truth about a limited increase - then the ECB decision may be the clearest sign yet that Europe's long...
...through an interpreter. Since becoming Prime Minister, al-Jaafari has lived within the Green Zone in what had been one of Saddam's favorite palaces. But al-Jaafari knew not to make himself too comfortable. Boxes are backed up in the corner of his office, never unpacked. Framed pictures lean against the wall, unlikely to be hung. He often recalls a discussion he had as a young student in the holy city of Karbala, when he told a friend of his ambition to launch an opposition movement. The friend stopped him and warned that managing Iraq would be much harder...
...show a lot of skin in them. Who has better abs, you or 50? I'm a smaller guy. 50's got the arms, I got the abs. He's got nice tracks. He's a bigger deal. He goes for the more muscular look. I go for the lean and cut look...
...need an extra plate, please ask” is hardly the stuff of tyranny. In at least one strongly-worded exhortation, however, there does lie an ominous hint, as Murray demands more Lebensraum: “Do not lean on the crêpe counter!” The owner, who often rolls the crêpes himself (and no, he has not considered importing Dominicans to help, à la “Seinfeld”), explains simply that he treats his customers with respect, and he expects the same. Has he ever banned a troublemaker...
...told," and on screen it almost wasn't. Not long after the book became a sensation, Steven Spielberg signed on to direct; five years and many scripts later, he bowed out while staying on as a producer. Lucy Fisher, a producer, jokes that her next choice was David Lean, "but he wasn't available," having died in 1991. Other directors expressed interest, but none stuck. Then, in 2002, Fisher and her producing partner Douglas Wick saw Chicago and figured they had their man. "Geishas are trained much like dancers, and as a choreographer and a former dancer who understands disciplined...