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...This controversy about the prohibition of Nazi symbols is merely a form of window dressing. The awful truth is that most war criminals have never been tried or punished. In many cases they simply returned to their normal lives and professions in German society. Hence it is not surprising that the hunt for these by now aging war criminals still goes on today. That's why Germany's "constant struggle to distance itself from its past" might mean it is doomed never to escape it. Roger Jansoone, ICHTEGEM, BELGIUM...
...benefited from being presented by Tim Burton, as District 9 had by its Peter Jackson connection, but is unlikely to escape its art-house patina. The other two newbies - the horror film Sorority Row and Kate Beckinsale's Antarctica killer-hunt drama Whiteout - got the theatrical equivalent of a window display in a video store before their imminent DVD releases; each took in just over $5 million...
...ops” or non-governmental, consumer-owned entities to compete with private insurers rather than a government-administered insurance provider. Others, such as Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, a Republican, suggest implementing a “trigger option,” which would give insurance companies a window of time in which to implement reforms or else have a public option come into existence at the end of the window should they fail to meet certain benchmarks. Many other options are available, and we hope Democrats remain open to flexibility and give each alternative a fair consideration. Bipartisanship, however...
...participated in Vermont's Slow Money Institute in November, 2008. Traditionally, when a company takes investment money, that means setting itself up to sell, he says. "How else do investors make money? But if you're mission- or place-based, that's the first thing to go out the window," he says. "I think a new generation of investors also doesn't want that to happen. They're thinking, 'Hey, I don't want to invest in you if you're going to sell to Coca Cola in three years...
...After repeated visits to the place, he realized that the young night watchman consistently left the museum for hours at a time. “I waited until he went out,” he says. Connor further writes in his memoirs that he simply pried open a basement window and carried off what he wanted. He was 20-years-old and had no prior experience of heist...