Word: nears
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...Fiat was just an attempt, as one union official put it, to "pinch German engineering." The unions regard Magna as an innovative company that put forward the best plan to secure the long-term future of Opel. At the carmaker's headquarters in the town of Rüsselsheim near Frankfurt, workers were hugging friends and colleagues outside the factory on Saturday when news of the deal broke. Many were surprised the German government finally stepped in to save the traditional carmaker Opel in the nick of time, just before its parent company, the U.S. car giant, GM, went under...
...Thank you for recognizing the work of Barbara Hogan as Minister of Health in South Africa. She achieved near miracles during her short time in the post and we are very proud of her. But there is still much to be achieved. Mariano Castrillon, JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA...
...ante. He commissioned Farid Esack, a South African religious scholar and former antiapartheid activist, to write a 1,998-word letter, in English, to Palestinians urging nonviolent resistance to the Israelis. The work is now being painted in 2-ft.-high letters along a 1.6-mile stretch of wall near Ramallah. The writing will consume more than 400 cans of spray paint and has been paid for by private donations. The South African was chosen, says Van Oel, because "Esack gets beyond the anger. He is a reconciler." The letter, in part, reads: "Have our Jewish sisters and brothers forgotten...
...Crimson may not have rebounded from the early end to Perlman’s season, it did get an opportunity to preview its future.While rookie hurlers like Brent Suter, Conner Hulse, Jonah Klees, and Will Keuper had their share of struggles, they also flashed potential.Suter and Hulse especially impressed near the end of the season, leaving Harvard optimistic about boasting a formidable rotation next year.“I thought the freshmen did a great job,” senior Tom Stack-Babich said. “It was pretty impressive. Ideally you wouldn’t like to have...
...were the hunted,” Kessler said. “Every team, they knew they were playing Harvard, and they put on their game faces and came out to play. The biggest difference [at the end] is that we were the hunters. We weren’t ranked near the end, and we had nothing to lose. We came out every game trying to prove something.”And a little bit of luck gave Harvard the chance to take the ECAC title in the final weekend of play.League-leading St. Lawrence came to town...