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...Ackermann. For decades, Deutsche amassed a huge portfolio. But now Ackermann, who has been indicted for alleged breach of trust during Vodafone's 2000 takeover of Mannesmann, is selling; he wants to focus on traditional banking. Deutsche last year unloaded 33.7 billion worth of stock, including its entire 7.2% stake in insurer Munich Re. Fiat insists that Deutsche still supports its restructuring plans, but it's likely the bank will dump its 1.6% stake altogether. True, it still has more than 35 billion left in its portfolio. But look for an eventual sale of Deutsche's 11.8% share of DaimlerChrysler...
...Diane L. Garner, librarian for the social sciences, said there are issues beyond immediate overcrowding at stake...
...truce with the Palestinian Authority if it launches a drive to disarm and dismantle them; and if Sharon is claiming Bush's backing for his own interpretation of the settlement issue (and the White House has yet to contradict him), then the credibility of the "roadmap" itself is at stake...
...Even if there were no slippery slope, there is a deeply important principle at stake: doctors are healers, not killers. You cannot annihilate the subject you are supposedly serving - it is not just a philosophical absurdity, it constitutes the most fundamental violation of the Hippocratic oath. You are not permitted to do any harm to the patient, let alone the ultimate harm...
Even if there were no slippery slope, there is a deeply important principle at stake: doctors are healers, not killers. You cannot annihilate the subject you are supposedly serving--it is not just a philosophical absurdity, it constitutes the most fundamental violation of the Hippocratic oath. You are not permitted to do any harm to the patient, let alone the ultimate harm...