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KNIFE LIFE Was there anything swanker than the foldout scissors on your Swiss Army knife? O.K., maybe the toothpick. But even that pales in comparison with the newest feature on Swiss Army's stylish Voyager knife ($70): a digital alarm clock. Think of the possibilities. Now, besides uncorking bottles, screwing screws, picking teeth and opening cans of smoked sprats, you can be awakened before reveille...
...country not renowned for its counterculture, the Swiss city of Lausanne is an enclave of cool. Roller-bladers fizz through its parks, students and locals with time to talk and money to spend fill the cafés and clubs, posters tell of a vibrant arts scene. But up near the Old Town, in the shadow of the gothic St. Laurent Church, the tolerance and discreet charm of the Lausannois has been stretched to the snapping point lately by scores of African asylum seekers peddling cocaine on its ancient, narrow streets...
Though the prices for sports broadcasting rights have soared, audiences and advertising dollars have failed to keep pace. Kirch is not the only one to have been caught in the squeeze play. Last year, the Swiss-based sports-rights agency ISL collapsed after overpaying for the commercial rights - mainly for broadcasting and sponsorship - to a wide range of sports, including $1.2 billion over 10 years for men's professional tennis. Last month Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. wrote off $909 million on contracts to broadcast such sports as Major League baseball. Murdoch's BSkyB also wrote off the value...
...number of European countries, has discovered exactly how and why the rat-run was set up. Goñi reveals with forensic precision how the Vatican and the Catholic Church hierarchy in Argentina colluded to protect thousands of Croatian fascists wanted for acts of genocide. He also details how Swiss officials cooperated with a secret office set up in Bern by Perón's agents to smuggle Nazis out of Germany. Perón's support for Hitler, his contacts with Himmler and his hostility to the Nuremberg trials are documented, as is the shameful behavior of Argentine diplomats...
...first commercial digital network. "It's been a classic catch-22 situation." But with cheaper receivers and growing content, the British market is set to explode. While the U.K. is digital radio's first big test, much of the rest of Europe isn't far behind. The Swiss consultancy Prognos forecast that once receivers are widely available the Western European retail market could eventually hit $4.1 billion a year...