Word: switzerland
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Harvard admits--and rejects--students from some of the most renowned British preparatory academies and international schools in the U.K., including Eton College, Harrow School, Melvin Girls College, St. Paul's School, the American School in London and the American School in Switzerland's (TASIS) England branch...
...December, Haakonsen told SPORTS ILLUSTRATED that "snowboarding is about fresh tracks and carving powder and being yourself and not being judged by others. It's not about nationalism and politics and money." Reto Gurtner, president of the International Snowboarding Federation in Laax, Switzerland, says he "can really understand" Haakonsen's decision: "The Olympics are like going to the army." Many riders suspect that the Olympics pursued them as a revenue builder, a way of attracting a younger audience. Another feeling among riders is that their sport is still evolving, with new moves being pioneered. The Olympics might freeze everything...
DIED. RAYMOND-LEOPOLD BRUCKBERGER, 90, Swiss Roman Catholic chaplain and spiritual leader of the French Resistance during World War II who greeted Charles de Gaulle at the portals of Notre Dame when the general reclaimed a liberated Paris in 1944; in Switzerland...
...around the globe. In Japan, housing companies have introduced a type of dwelling with silicon roof tiles that generate enough electricity to meet most of a family's needs. Spurred by government incentives, construction of some 70,000 of these houses is expected in the next several years. In Switzerland and Germany, dozens of office buildings have been built with solar cells integrated into the glass of southfacing walls, allowing the windows to produce power while transmitting filtered sunlight...
...becomes press shy. But in discussing the memo that he, as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs, wrote justifying Democratic contributor LARRY LAWRENCE's burial at Arlington National Cemetery, Holbrooke is a wee bit defensive. All the evidence now seems to suggest that Lawrence, a former ambassador to Switzerland, fabricated his supposed World War II Merchant Marine service and the German torpedo that allegedly ripped open his vessel, tossing him into the drink. Says a source close to Holbrooke: "When someone tells you about something that happened to them, do you say, 'Excuse me, could I see documentary evidence...