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...source close to Yushchenko. In 1999, Tymoshenko launched her own opposition party and last year joined forces with Yushchenko's Our Ukraine. Having clawed her way back into power, does Tymoshenko have a political agenda? While Yushchenko focuses on diplomacy - last week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, he promised the "swiftest possible attainment" of the criteria for E.U. membership - Tymoshenko says economic reform is still her priority. "Taxes must become inevitable but affordable," she says. "I want to say to people, 'Forget about paying bribes. Pay taxes.'" Yushchenko is confident that public doubts about her will fade...
...staying on course and in control. Coaches credit his talent for recovering from hopeless situations. Miller has always been what some commentators call a "recovery artist," a skier who can pull himself back from the brink by sheer athletic ability. In early January at the Adelboden race in Switzerland, he skipped the warm-up run, lost his pole a quarter of the way down on his first run, nearly crashed at the bottom, and still finished just 0.18 sec. off first place. Toni Giger, head coach of the Austrian team, the best in the world, calls Miller...
...move minute particles of just about anything. The firm expects to make a profit this year--impressive progress for a biotech start-up. Arryx is one of 29 "Technology Pioneers" chosen by the World Economic Forum, the Geneva-based nonprofit organization best known for its annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, which opens this year on Jan. 26. Others on the pioneers list--including technologists in the fields of energy, biotech and information--have become entrepreneurs too. The biotech scientists have achieved some extraordinary breakthroughs, but to do that, many had to leave comfortable corporate or academic jobs in which they...
...voters supported Bush and his cronies, fully convinced that they were the right choice, then Americans got what they deserve. TIME should have selected the American people as Fools of the Year. Pity the rest of the world. But we don't count, do we? Susan Hafner Balsthal, Switzerland...
...voters supported Bush and his cronies, fully convinced they were the right choice, then Americans got what they deserve. TIME should have selected the American people as Fools of the Year. Pity the rest of the world. But we don't count, do we? Susan Hafner Balsthal, Switzerland Congratulations on your selection of President Bush, a man who has had a huge impact on international affairs. While the President has the support of a majority of American voters, I keep asking myself, What will happen when the party is over? Our world is integrating and becoming more global...