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...Although Merkel is angry now, the timing of the news could have been worse - GM could have changed its mind before the Sept. 27 parliamentary polls. Such a move could have cost Merkel's party the election, which means she could have missed that trip to Washington to address Congress...
...Global Language Monitor, which ranks the media coverage of 225 American colleges and universities, surveys the top 5,000 global media web sites—including online news sources, blogs, and social media—three times a year to determine how popular a school is within the public sphere...
Kevin Galvin, Harvard’s Director of News and Media Relations, said he does not see the drop in ranking as particularly significant to Harvard...
...think it’s worth noting that, regardless of this tally of references in the news media, Harvard reported a record number of student applications this year, a record yield,” Galvin said. “We welcomed the most diverse freshman class in University history, and the teaching and groundbreaking research upon which its reputation rests continues to move forward...
...politicians. Although this characteristic is forever getting BoJo into scrapes, it's all part of his broad appeal, suggesting a kind of wacky, jovial authenticity that plays well on television. Johnson is something of a star of the small screen, a veteran of game shows as well as serious news programs. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown disparaged Johnson in a recent interview with Piers Morgan in GQ, saying, "I don't think people want politicians to be some sort of subset of the entertainment business." Polls of Londoners and Conservative grass-roots voters suggest that's not entirely true...