Word: straussed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...phoenix was visible rising from the ashes of his career, but Dominique Strauss-Kahn last week experienced political rebirth by winning a parliamentary seat in a district north of Paris. The victory marked Strauss-Kahn's return to French political life after resigning as Economy and Finance Minister in November 1999 amid suspicions of corruption. With national elections due next year, Strauss-Kahn's campaigning skills and enduring popularity will be valuable to Prime Minister Lionel Jospin's quest to return the Socialists to power...
...Economy Minister, Strauss-Kahn embodied the modern face of the Socialist Party, selling voters - and leftist allies - on such market-minded reforms as increased privatization, tax reduction and remunerative innovations like stock options. Though a return to government is far off, Strauss-Kahn "may even have a larger impact as a defining force within his party," says political commentator Alain Duhamel. "Strauss-Kahn was popular as minister, but his real talent has always been making the left's policies more intelligent and realistic...
...That intelligence and realism will give Strauss-Kahn a primary role in Socialist efforts to return to power in next year's legislative elections, and in Jospin's concurrent bid to unseat conservative President Jacques Chirac. The key to Socialist victory will lie in proposing policies attentive to traditional social-protection priorities, but also palatable to job- and wealth-producing businesses. That's a balancing act Strauss-Kahn mastered in the past. As economic czar, Strauss-Kahn's reformist pragmatism won the confidence of both financial markets and French voters - making him a favorite to succeed Jospin as Prime Minister...
...disc of Verdi arias sold 75,000 during Christmas week alone. Yet it is difficult to shake the suspicion that his blindness has, in marketing terms, contributed to his success. Universal predictably denies it, but Bocelli is not taken seriously by the opera world: in a summer production of Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier at the Montepulciano Festival in Italy, a comic tenor role was cruelly depicted as blind with a white stick. There were big laughs...
...Sure, Professor Mansfield known his stuff, but it's my T.F. for the class who's the real gem. This is his 14th year of grad school--all of which have been devoted to the works of Leo Strauss--so he's got a ton of experience teaching sections...