Word: switzerland
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...over." By that time, the U.S. consulates in Germany and Nazi-occupied lands were being closed in retaliation for the American shutdown of German consulates in the U.S. (over spying concerns). And Straus noted U.S. consulates in Europe where a visa could be pursued remained only in Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and "Free France...
...Minister Tony Blair, in what was his last appearance at Davos as a head of government, "is in a kind of perpetual global conversation." It's the easiest thing imaginable to make fun of the sometimes self-important men and women with their self-important ways who trot to Switzerland each January. But the truth of the matter remains: despite all its challengers, you never hear more of that global conversation in one place, and one short spell of time, than you do in Davos...
...Prince Charles is probably wishing he had hit the slopes after all. Britain's Prince of Wales decided last year to begin reducing his carbon footprint--the amount of carbon dioxide created by his activities--by cutting down on his flights abroad, including an annual skiing vacation in Switzerland. Though we should all be in the position to make such sacrifices, Charles didn't win plaudits for his holiday martyrdom. Instead British green groups, seconded by Environment Secretary David Miliband, spanked the Prince for deciding to fly to the U.S. on Jan. 27 to pick up a prestigious environmental award...
...things you talked about at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this year was the future of television...
...became president of Stanford Technology Trading Group International, based in Vienna, Va. He formed that company together with Albert Hakim, an Iranian-born arms dealer who runs a California electronics firm started up in the 1970s to sell sensitive U.S. technology overseas. Stanford Technology has had intriguing connections in Switzerland. There was a Stanford Technology Corp. in Geneva and a Stanford Technology Services in Freiburg. The Geneva firm had the same address as the Compagnie de Services Fiduciaires (C.S.F.), which the Times of London identified as the repository for $18 million in profits from the sale of U.S. arms...