Word: schweizerdeutsch
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...Forum's equally gigantic annual gathering of 2,000-plus business leaders, politicians, academics and other influential types. The hand wringing over the world's economic, social and political problems. The search for creative solutions. The schmoozing. The parties. And, this year, the waft of curry overpowering the heavy Schweizerdeutsch fare. India everywhere, said the signs, and it was. The Finance Minister, Palaniappan Chidambaram, and the Commerce and Industry Minister, Kamal Nath, turned up from Delhi, as did the deputy chairman of the Planning Commission and a cluster of top Indian chief executives. An organization called the India Brand Equity...
...been solved. A year ago, the atmosphere in Davos was truly poisonous, as Europeans and others attacked the determination of the U.S. and some of its allies to bring about regime change by armed force in Iraq. But last week, the mood was as sweet and satisfying as a Schweizerdeutsch dessert - mit Schlag. U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney and Attorney General John Ashcroft arrived in Davos weighed down with olive branches, while European Central Bank president Jean-Claude Trichet praised American optimism, and Iranian academic Mahmood Sariolghalam said that Iraq was poised to become a symbol of success...
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