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...purpose is simple-minded in the extreme. The oil companies and their lawyers control everything, including the CIA, which turns out to be an incredibly effective and diabolical agency. In Syriana, not only does the CIA assassinate foreign leaders-which is banned by Executive Order-but impeccably so. The target is, of course, the honorable nationalist sheik who wants to rein in the oil companies for the good of his people. As those who have been following real life know, this is hilarious...
...Among the striking features of the latest surge in merger activity is that it continues apace everywhere despite efforts by some national authorities to protect companies perceived as national champions. The French government kicked up a fuss about rumors that the food company Danone might be the target of a U.S. bid, and even published a list of industries it deemed to be in the strategic national interest. And in Rome, former governor of the Italian central bank Antonio Fazio tried to squash two bids by foreign banks for Italian ones. But his efforts quickly turned to a scandal after...
Harvard captain Matt Stehle spent most of the game battling foul trouble and uncharacteristic poor shooting. Stehle, the Crimson’s leading scorer and chief target of SMU’s man-to-man defense, went without a shot in the first half. The Mustangs hedged screens and switched regularly to cut down Stehle’s open looks from the outside in the first half...
...jihadist groups are indeed behind the attack, then they have picked their target well. The Indian Institute of Science is one of India's most important scientific institutions, and its presence in Bangalore is a key reason that the city became India's technology powerhouse. That's why the psychological impact of the attack is immense-analogous to the impact that an attack on MIT would have in the United States. Jaswant Singh, a former finance minister of India and a member of the BJP, India's major opposition party, said that the attack could seriously hurt ?the internal, international...
...47ff, Magnificat, with difficulty.” “The part that bothered me was that neither my TF nor the head TF e-mailed me personally,” said Michnikov, who is The Crimson’s business manager. “His comment was on target. I don’t think he was misrepresenting what went on in section.” In an interview with The Crimson last night, King said that he had forgotten to “uncheck” a box in his e-mail program that would have prevented...