Cluster: Swiss Identity

Miller pips Cuche to defend Lauberhorn title

This content was published on Jan 13, 2008 Manuel Osborne-Paradis of Canada finished third on Sunday in an event carried out in perfect weather and skiing conditions. Miller finished the longest downhill run in the world (4.48 km) in a time of two minutes, 30.4 seconds and, as last year, Cuche finished runner-up, 0.65 of a second behind. It’s the second downhill victory…

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Wrestler floors them all in national TV show

This content was published on Jan 13, 2008 Abderhalden, aged 28, took 20.38 per cent of the telephone votes, ahead of the director of the new James Bond film, Marc Forster, and Ernesto Bertarelli, head of the yachting team Alinghi, which successfully defended the America’s Cup in 2007. “Alpine wrestling is popular, tradition is in,” commented the victor of last year’s federal wrestling…

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Grange pulls off a rare double in Wengen

This content was published on Jan 12, 2008 The best-placed Swiss was Daniel Albrecht who finished in seventh place, while his compatriots Marc Gini came 15th and Marc Berthod 24th. Grange, who won the super combination event on Friday, became the first skier since Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy in 1967 to win both events in Wengen. The 23-year-old Grange led after the first leg…

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Ski lift accident raises safety questions

This content was published on Jan 12, 2008 The Federal Transport Office has warned that 400 cableways could have to take supplementary measures to ensure their safety. Preliminary investigations indicate that the accident on the Fallboden lift in the Jungfrau area earlier this month was triggered by strong winds. A cable seems to have jumped off a guidewheel on one of the support…

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A blot on the scientific landscape

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008 Despite the test being little more scientific than palm reading, the display, which marks the 50th anniversary of the university’s Rorschach archive, offers a fascinating insight into the psychiatrist’s life and work as well as an influential chapter in the history of psychology. “Rorschach was a fascinating personality because he was enormously open towards everything.…

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Airport security given good marks

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008 But experts from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) called for clarifications on security standards in basic documents of the Federal Civil Aviation Office. The office pledged to implement the suggestions by the United Nations body which defines security norms around the world. ICAO experts visited Switzerland in October to check the application of the…

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Albrecht second in Wengen

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008 France’s Jean-Baptiste Grange won the competition, while American Bode Miller came third. His compatriot Ted Ligety missed the podium and finished fifth. Grange, who was outside the top ten in the downhill leg, completed the fastest slalom race of the day for a combined time of two minutes, 20.61 seconds. World Cup overall leader, Benjamin…

Swiss climbers remember Edmund Hillary

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008 For Swiss mountaineers past and present, Hillary was not just a pioneer thanks to his famous ascent, but someone who put his fame to good use. Hillary, who died on Friday of a heart attack aged 88, completed his successful Everest climb on May 29, 1953, earning renown as one of last century’s greatest adventurers.…

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Glière. Prokofiev. Great Russian Works for Cello. Esther Nyffenegger, cello. Milana Chernyavska, piano.

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008

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Part time is the norm for working women

This content was published on Jan 11, 2008 The Federal Statistics Office report says that in international comparison a relatively large number of women in Switzerland work – 59 per cent of women had a job in 2005. In Europe only Denmark, Norway and Iceland have a higher percentage of women in work. Since 1990 the number of women in employment has increased…

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