Word: permanente
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Until Herman Van Rompuy became Belgium's Prime Minister 11 months ago, he was barely known even in his home country. But on Thursday night, the self-effacing former economist, whose hobbies include caravanning and writing haiku, was named the European Union's first permanent President.
Kenya's wabenzi just got downgraded. Thanks to a government cost-cutting program aimed at saving taxpayers some $27 million, Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta announced this summer that government ministers, along with assistant ministers and permanent secretaries, must turn in their ubiquitous Mercedes-Benz for Volkswagen Passats, which not only...
Those countries walloped by housing bubbles, such as the U.S., Ireland and Spain, have seen unemployment rates rise into double digits. But even Europe's largest economy, Germany, which has managed to keep unemployment around 8%, does not necessarily have a smooth road to recovery, says Stefano Scarpetta, who heads...
Realistically, it could take many years to form an E.U.-style trading bloc in the region - if such a body can be formed at all. Historical enmities simmering between nations like China and Japan could make close cooperation impossible, as could divergent economic interests of poor developing countries like Vietnam...
Ultimately, though, this is easily the best episode since the pilot. While musically very different from that episode’s inaugural pyrotechnics, “Wheels” succeeds in recreating the same world, a school where everyone’s a loser, or has his or her own...