Word: ollie
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...chance put-backs. But the 6’6, 230 lb. forward from Cameroon was limited to just 16 minutes of play, including only six in the second half after picking up his third and fourth foul within the span of one minute early in the period. Additionally, center Olli Ahvenniemi fouled out late in the contest and played just 20 minutes overall, limiting Maine’s ability to stop Cusworth down...
...ports to Greek Cypriot ships. If Turkey does not budge by December, E.U. officials warn, membership talks may be suspended. Last week, plans to hold a summit on the issue had to be abandoned because of an unwillingness to compromise by all sides. The E.U.'s Commissioner for Enlargement, Olli Rehn, has called the prospect of breaking off membership talks with Turkey a "train wreck" whose consequences are "so negative I don't care to think of them." He'd better start thinking, because opinions are hardening on the island. Since entering the E.U., attitudes among Greek Cypriot politicians...
...justice. We're alone, but we shouldn't feel lonely. One aspiration still binds the scattered remains of the former Yugoslavia, despite all the blood spilled in the last century: we all want to join the European Union. It is not going to be easy, and E.U. Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn predicts that it might take the best part of the decade to get there. "Accession is no Eurostar train. It is more like a local train, chugging along," Rehn told Time. It may be a rusty collection of carriages pulled slowly along by a coal-fired engine...
...Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo NOKIA DIALS...
...previous boss took Nokia from creaky Finnish conglomerate to the world leader in mobile phones; Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo will have to make sure it stays there. As former head of the phone unit and CFO, Kallasvuo, 52, has the operational chops to succeed longtime CEO Jorma Ollila next June. But the landscape is far different from the one Ollila dealt with: cell phones are ubiquitous, sales are slowing, and margins are thinning. Nokia needs more cutting-edge products, as its two closest rivals, Motorola and Samsung, ramp up their attacks. Still, Kallasvuo is a good bet to answer that call...