Word: luxembourger
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Like the Anderson films (specifically “Rushmore”) it imitates in miniature, the video is self-consciously quirky in the extreme. The captions which narrate the action include such phrases as “Sanctions were imposed” to refer to the beleaguered representative of Luxembourg being refused access to the lunchroom...
...sometimes seem to need all those armies and tanks just to keep the peace. This year, rivalries appear to have metastasized. Under the new British proposal, the 10 new member states would get a total of €14 billion less than they would under a plan put forward by Luxembourg in June. Alberto Navarro, Spanish Minister for European Affairs, saw it as evidence of "a new concept of solidarity ? by which the poor give to the rich, especially to the U.K." What particularly rankled the French was that under the proposal Britain would continue to get most of its rebate...
Twenty years later, Dolce & Gabbana, the brand, still has only two shareholders: Dolce and Gabbana. The company is still very much a family affair too. Dorotea and Alfonso Dolce are directors of Dolce & Gabbana Luxembourg S..r.l, which controls the empire, and of Dolce & Gabbana Srl (based in Milan). Dolce is CEO of the latter, while Gabbana is the chairman. Stefano's brother Maurizio also works for the company, although not on the corporate side...
...surprised if Abdullah Gul's smile looks a little forced when he arrives in Luxembourg for Tuesday's talks on Turkey joining the European Union. The Turkish foreign minister will be all-too-aware that his hosts have spent days wrangling over just how reluctant and conditional Europe's invitation to Turkey should be. And although Austria's proposal that the Turks be offered something less than full membership was finally nixed, the episode showed a growing tendency among Europeans to openly express misgivings over Turkish membership in keeping with the sentiments of European electorates...
ANDY RODDICK, former U.S. Open champion, after his defeat in the first round of this year's event by Luxembourg's Gilles Muller...