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...Tunhammar, director general of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, says that if the country votes no, the Swedish krona will weaken, interest rates will rise and the country will have to adopt structural reforms to compete in Europe. While most businessmen share this view, some important voices have spoken out against it. Rune Andersson, chairman of the board of Electrolux, the giant producer of washing machines and dishwashers that is Sweden's fourth-largest business, says he favors keeping an independent krona and central bank for Sweden, even though the company loses out when export receipts are converted back from...
...performers, but they are very flamboyant," he says. "They have self-belief in things which might perhaps deter others." The famous haka war ritual performed by New Zealand's All Blacks rugby team, a posturing display of aggression, is the ultimate Kiwi demonstration of confidence, and Lemalu, soft-spoken with a frequent laugh, comes from a background more rugby than Rigoletto. "The fact that I sang in the choir sat uneasily with my rugby playing as far as the other boys were concerned. But I really enjoyed it." With a Schubert disc due out next year and debuts at London...
After four years of an action-hero Governor, it's a relief to go back to politics as usual, where soft-spoken people with ordinary chest sizes sit down and do the work. Mr. Ventura was replaced by a cheerful, well-spoken, nonfamous Republican, and everyone felt a sense of relief. An action hero works well within a simple story structure, but politics isn't a story; it's a process. It's not about confrontation and threat and revenge and triumph. It's mostly about civility, starting with the driver's license bureau of the Commissariat of Motor Vehicles...
...free-ranging citizen who spoke with whomever needed to be spoken with,” Epps said...
...free-ranging citizen who spoke with whomever needed to be spoken with,” Epps said...