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...membership, in 1992; a poll in 2001 shelved the possibility of membership talks even though around two-thirds of the country's exports head into the E.U. Instead, Bern has crafted bilateral deals with Brussels governing trade and commerce. But does Swiss cherry-picking pay off? While economists forecast slow growth this year of a little over 1%, unemployment is 3.7%, well below rates across all 25 E.U. states. And Switzerland 's GDP per capita trumps its near neighbors', according to the O.E.C.D. For firms operating in the country, that's a sign of "stability in the workforce," says Matt...
...weakness in Nadal's tennis DNA is that Spain routinely produces great dirt ballers who have feet for the slow clay of the French--which rewards baseliners--but who can't serve and volley on the slick grass of Wimbledon or on the high-speed hard courts of the U.S. and Australian opens. Federer has dominated Wimbledon the past two years; Nadal lost to Alexander Waske, ranked 147th in the world, at the grass-court tune-up in Halle. Still, a Wimbledon win is one of Nadal's goals. "If he can get past the first week and some...
...mental toughness wasn’t as strong as it needed to be,” Noon said. “We came out slow in a couple games and had to play catch...
...months and one more statement of support later, Houghton sent himself and Hanna Gray to a meeting in Loeb House requested by members of the Faculty Council. Two professors who attended the April 25 meeting said they came away with a sense the Corporation would slow the pace of its major initiatives—the capital campaign, curricular review, and Allston expansion. Both Houghton and Gray said the University needed to undergo a period of “convalescence,” according to the professors who attended the meeting...
Marriage was a step Mr. Murray talked about from the earliest stages of the relationship. “Even back in freshman year I was talking about it, and Shannon would say ‘slow down!’” It wasn’t until Ms. Music’s senior year, however, that the plans would begin to take shape. “We were talking about what we were going to do after she graduated and so Shannon knew I was going to propose, she just didn’t know when...