articles for the clients

Angela Merkel

Ulrich Beck on Angela Merkel's power strategy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is using the crisis to exploit her power in Europe, sociologist Ulrich Beck concludes in the left-liberal daily El País: "The crisis of the euro has led to the crystallisation of new power relations. When the time comes to make decisions neither the EU Commission nor the EU president nor the current holder of the rotating EU Council presidency nor even France, Italy, Spain or the UK take action. When the moment of truth comes the German chancellor acts in coordination with French President Sarkozy. Angela Merkel is neither Angela Kohl nor Angela Brandt. Nor is she Maggie Merkel. She's Angela Bush. In the same way US President Bush used the risk of terrorism to foist his unilateralism on the rest of the world Angela Merkel is using Europe's financial risk to force Germany's stability policy on the others. The German mark was the currency of German power. The same is now to apply to the euro."

Reference:
ULRICH BECK, "El e-nacionalismo alemán", El País (http://www.eurotopics.net/en/archiv/article/ARTICLE68249-Ulrich-Beck-on-Angela-Merkel-s-power-strategy)


Helen Keller

Helen also had very strong political beliefs, but these beliefs were not appreciated. Not many people liked Helen or other women to say anything out side the matters of the house. Keller spoke out about both World War I and II. She disagreed with war greatly; but since she couldn't do anything to stop it, she made an effort to help the wounded soldiers. She visited veterans of both WWI and WWII, especially visiting those who had lost their vision or hearing in the war. She understood their pain and the disabled soldiers took her visit as the greatest hope. Keller called visiting these soldiers: " the crowning experience of my life."

Keller also worked for women's rights. While she was attending Radcliffe College, she joined the Women's Education and Industrial Union in Boston. In this group she helped to promote welfare of the adult blind. She along with many others pleaded with the legislature that blind, like everyone else, needed work. This group also wanted a state commission set up for blind. She later also worked for child labor laws and the right for women to vote. She tried to bring up the amendment that allowed women to vote to the attention of Congress. She also worked on the Controversial subjects such as that of birth control. Keller thought it was an important idea for women's freedom.

Reference:
M.Q, "Helen Keller", Rich Township School

Miranda Kerr


Australian Miranda Kerr began her professional modeling career after winning a 1997 contest for the teen girl magazine Dolly. She was a skinny 13-year-old at the time, and her win added to the ongoing debate over what's age-appropriate in fashion; the dust-up helped boost Kerr's career and she has since modelled for designers, magazines and catalogs. A multi-racial and dimpled brunette, Kerr gained a higher profile in 2006 when she signed a deal to promote Maybelline cosmetics and was picked to model lingerie for Victoria's Secret.

Reference:
Miranda Kerr Biography
(http://www.who2.com/mirandakerr.html)