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...stunt, it turned out, had been organized by Greenpeace to protest an old industrial dump near Basel that was said to be leaking chemical waste into the groundwater. The barrel carried water from a source by the dump in which, protesters said, they had found traces of drugs made by Novartis, the Swiss pharmaceutical giant that Vasella leads as chairman...
...that Del Vecchio first got to know Brooks. Growing up near Cortina, he worked summers in the tool department of his father's eyeglass factory?a business that eventually grew into the market-leading Luxottica Group and made the family one of the richest in Italy. Though far from the U.S., Del Vecchio and his compatriots knew to revere Brooks Brothers, thanks to Fiat magnate Gianni Agnelli and the legendary trips he took to New York City to load up on his favorite button-down shirts...
...show ultimately writes a thematic check that it cannot cash. Perhaps the best thing that can be said about ”Donnie Darko” comes from a line spoken by its protagonist near the end of the play: “Everything is gonna be fine.” Yes, Donnie, it’s all fine—but with such rich source material and such relevance to post-9/11 anxieties, shouldn’t it be more than just fine...
International government is “broken” and there is no easy fix in the near future, said Paul Volcker, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, in a speech on Friday. Speaking at an Institute of Politics forum, Volcker expressed his views on the United Nations, international cooperation and the general status of international government. It was a sharply critical speech, in which he voiced disapproval for what he considered a self-interested approach to international diplomacy. He advocated greater multilateralism on issues ranging from the environment and security to monetary policy, in the form...
...more Crimson runners finished bunched behind Holmquest, led by freshman Dan Chenoweth, who was the second-fastest freshman in the race. Chenoweth finished in 30:54.35, in 34th place and just ahead of senior Andrew Lipkin, who wrapped up his career by finishing 37th in 30:57.95 despite tripping near the end of the race. Sophomore Chaz Gillespie came in 40th, finishing in 31:00.95.Senior Ryan Hafer wrapped up the scoring, finishing 68th in 31:28.55.The team score of 201 put the Crimson seventh, third among Ivy schools behind fourth-place Brown and fifth-place Cornell. The Bears were...