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First, the news articles:
"Angela Merkel"
Some call Angela Merkel dowdy.
For them, we have just 10 concise words: “Vibrational Properties of Surface Hydroxyls: Nonempirical Model Calculations Including Anharmonicities.”
Get the picture?
Maybe not.
It might help to know that this is the title of a scientific paper Merkel authored in 1988 along with several other researchers, including Joachim Sauer, her second husband.
So, sure — she’s dowdy, all right. Dowdy as a quantum chemist.
The paper just cited is one of numerous scientific publications that bear the name Angela Merkel, now the chancellor of Germany.
Not only is Merkel smarter than the rest of us – see under: “Nonempirical Parameter Estimate for the Statistical Adiabatic Theory of Unimolecular Fragmentation Carbon-hydrogen Bond Breaking in Methyl” – she’s vastly more powerful, too.
She is, in fact, the most influential woman in the world, according to Forbes magazine – a distinction she has won every year since 2006.
Raised the daughter of a Lutheran minister in what was then Communist East Germany, Merkel, now 55, is both the first woman and the first East German to govern the now reunified state.
In addition to being a scientist and a politician, Merkel is also a leading environmentalist who has put her country on an ambitious course to produce 50 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2050.
In 2008, the Guardian newspaper of London included Merkel on its list of the 50 people who could save the planet.
This is dowdy?
Merkel also loves soccer and frequently attends league matches. She is even an honorary member of Energie Cottbus, a Brandenburg-based team in Germany’s second division, whose slogan mixes sport with politics: “Show Racism the Red Card!”
So, what was that adjective again? Two syllables? Rhymes with Audi?
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"Reynold's Rap"
You! You! What’s in you is the answer to your problems. Outside help but no outside solution. The solution has to come from within. It is more important to become and be than to get get and possess. What you carry inside yourself will take you farther than what carries you. The mind builds barriers or demolishes them.
Helen Keller definitely proves this. She came into the world with a raveled life, but she unravelled it. Born blind, deaf and mute, she graduated with honors at Radcliffe. Her unconquerable spirit triumphed over all handicaps and lifter her to a place of glory.
[Larry Reynolds, June 1 2010, http://www.mexiadailynews.com/index.asp?Story=2710]
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"Miranda Kerr secures coveted modelling deal with Prada and Jil Sander"
Kerr will feature in the high-end fashion advertising campaigns for Prada's and Jil Sander's autumn/winter 2010/11 collections.
It places her on equal footing with fellow Aussie supermodel Abbey Lee Kershaw, who has landed the advertising campaign for Chanel's autumn/winter 2010 collection.
Kerr has had a rapid ascent from lingerie model to celebrity supermodel and is now among the fashion world's elite.
Barely a year ago, Kerr got her first major assignment when she posed for influential photographer Terry Richardson alongside fellow Aussie beauties Kershaw and Catherine McNeil for the 2010 Pirelli calendar.
Then in February, she rejoined McNeil on Prada's runway for the autumn/winter 2010/11 show before appearing for a second time at Balenciaga's Paris Week show, this time modelling in its autumn/winter 2010/11 show.
The latest advertising coups for the luxury brands cement Kerr's new fashion status. She is only the second Australian model to have been shot for Prada, following in the footsteps of Gemma Ward.
"I think she's a very good little businesswoman," said Edwina McCann, Australian Harper's Bazaar editor.
"That in itself is incredible because she was the classic kind of Victoria's Secret girl, more into the lingerie/swimwear category than the high-end runway category."
Kerr, 27, found international celebrity through her relationship with Hollywood hunk Orlando Bloom, her multi-million-dollar contract as a Victoria's Secret angel, and as a regular GQ cover girl.
"I think people like Miranda are very good for fashion overall and I like the fact that models can become brands, because in a lot of ways it's more appropriate I think than celebrities," Ms McCann said.
[AAP, 3 June 2010, http://www.news.com.au/breaking-news/miranda-kerr-secures-coveted-modelling-deal-with-prada-and-jil-sander/story-e6frfku0-1225875192527]
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And the news mashup:
Victoria's Secret angel Miranda Kerr has secured two of the most coveted advertising campaigns in the modelling world. Raised the daughter of a Lutheran minister in what was then Communist East Germany, Merkel, now 55, is both the first woman and the first East German to govern the now reunified state. Helen Keller, in fact, came into the world with a raveled life, but she unravelled it. Born blind, deaf and mute, she graduated with honors at Radcliffe. Her unconquerable spirit triumphed over all handicaps and lifter her to a place of glory. I think people like Kerr, Merkel, Keller are very good for the planet. An unconquerable spirit is one of numerous ways The most influential people answer incredible handicaps. the chancellor of Germany triumphed over major barriers because she has an unconquerable spirit. Kerr has had a rapid ascent Not only because she has an unconquerable spirit, but because she also proves in addition to being a supermodel She is a very good little businesswoman. Keller definitely proves she's a very influential woman in the world because of Her international status. influential people Produce a solution That is ambitious and in a lot of ways powerful.
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