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...isolated population that lives at the margins of major cities." The remainder of the fatalities - between 30% and 50% - came from France's 10,000 rest homes. The homes, once models of good care, have suffered from underfunding and a shortage of employees. Homes in nations like Germany and Switzerland have staffs twice to three times the size of those in France, says Pascal Champvert, president of an association of French retirement-home directors. "I definitely have enough work for an expanded staff, but I can't fill positions," says Catherine Johanet, director of Sainte-Agnès. "Working with...
DIED. WALTER ZAPP, 97, inventor of the Minox mini-camera, a device tiny enough to be hidden in a closed hand; in Binningen, Switzerland. Though the camera he created in 1936 became a popular gadget in James Bond movies and other spy films, Zapp's invention was inspired not by anything so intriguing as espionage but by having once worked as an art photographer's apprentice, which required him to lug around heavy wooden cameras...
...World Cup final between the U.S. and China. "Nicole has shown herself more than capable of meeting the challenge," UEFA, European football's governing body, said in a statement announcing her appointment in July. But challenging it is. Over the past four years, while officiating at games in Switzerland's top division, she has heard rumblings of discontent. "Some men were not happy to have a woman telling them what to do on the field," she says; at times she had to intervene to physically separate quarreling players. "So tough character and confidence in yourself are a must." Today, Petignat...
Heiskell, born in Italy and educated in France and Switzerland, requested permission to enter Harvard College as a junior. The school refused and offered him only a year’s academic credit. He turned Harvard down...
...prices for chemical transport in an effort to compete. A spokeswoman confirms that DB has been "passing on cost reductions to its clients." Responding to the competition, it has also expanded its service of chemical cargo trains, and struck deals with rail-freight operators in France, Austria and Switzerland to offer the sort of international service that Rail4Chem has been fighting to provide. Meanwhile, Raith has no choice but to buy electricity from DB's energy division, which sells it to him at 37% more than DB pays. Raith and others have complained to the nation's cartel office. Following...