Word: thorsten
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...inherited a state in crisis. Trajan, his predecessor, had stretched the Roman Empire to its furthest reaches through aggressive military campaigns, sparking rebellions from Britain to the shores of the Persian Gulf. Once installed as ruler, Hadrian reversed the expansionist trend and withdrew troops from what is now Iraq. Thorsten Opper, a curator of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum, says Hadrian realized then what coalition forces realize now: that it's easier to control territory through a friendly, well-functioning government than through occupation...
...arty one Whoever flies home to this minimalist pad must be high in the pecking order. FredriksonStallard designed it in solid oak with a cast-aluminum twig for Thorsten van Elten, the hip and humorous London furniture boutique. Any bird landing here is bound to know its Richard Serra from its Donald Judd. www.thorstenvanelten.com
...when pressured to save doomed construction firm Philipp Holzmann. Facing troubles of their own, Germany's private-sector banks are now defiant about preserving dying companies in amber. Only state-controlled banks ponied up this time. The second thing that may make this rescue different is that MobilCom CEO Thorsten Grenz outlined a restructuring that could make it work, including slashing 3G and a third of the workforce. "The loan was put together in a panic," says Ovum chief analyst Julian Hewett, "but they've got businesses that can survive if they completely give up on the 3G idea...