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That has been the big issue in Danby, Vt., for nearly three years, as a stare-down--sometimes a shout-down--plays out between environmentalists, led by Smith, and the Swiss-based, privately held Omya AG, one of the world's largest suppliers of calcium carbonate. The battle is far more nuanced than the familiar turf war between small-town preservationists and a megacorp. Omya seems more environmentally sensitive to this quiet corner of New England than many other companies might be. Most mining foes, who disapprove of digging almost as a matter of principle, agree that the product Omya...
...north of $300. East-West fusion is represented by the fashionable Uley, which serves rack of lamb and Chilean sea bass, but a mere pot of green tea there will set you back $20. Another chic place is Syr (Russian for cheese), whose decor suggests the inside of a Swiss cheese and which in spite of that has very good Italian food...
Harvard’s annual celebration of autumn will take a culinary turn this year with a host of ethnic cuisines, offering falafel, Tibetan delicacies, hot apple cider, Swiss rolls and Pinocchio’s pizza...
...that later. At the time, Swissair was embarking on an aggressive expansion, later dubbed its hunter strategy, which involved making alliances with and taking equity stakes in other small airlines in a bid to become one of the big players in Europe. Doing a deal with Sabena gave the Swiss access to a hub in Brussels, the heart of the European Union. Even without a majority stake, they were given operational control of Sabena. Sabena's new Swiss CEO, Paul Reutlinger, the former marketing chief at Swissair, began pushing a rapid-expansion policy. During his tenure, from February 1996 until...
...unearthed troubling details about a range of decisions, most notably the Airbus deal. Sabena was a longtime Boeing customer and a group inside Sabena lobbied hard to buy Boeing planes. But Swissair flew Airbus and Reutlinger insisted Sabena should, too; at one point he even threatened a Swiss withdrawal if the decision went against Airbus, according to several testimonies. The board signed off on the 34-plane order at its Nov. 17, 1997 meeting, even without seeing the paperwork. One month later, directors finally received a business plan justifying the higher number. Gobert says that document has the words "Please...