Hints and tips:
...Two centuries from now, it is unlikely that Angela Merkel will serve as the star of a musical for middlebrow biens pensants....
...Tune in on Wednesday to see Tony Blair, former British prime minister, assess the global response to the pandemic, in conversation with political editor George Parker, and former US vice-president Al Gore...
...He will be joined by Al Gore, the former US vice-president and climate activist, and New Zealand’s prime minister Jacinda Ardern....
...The woes of Europe Angela Merkel is not making her customary appearance at the forum but is instead remaining in Germany, where she has a tricky election to fight this year....
...Remember Al Gore? Email arthur.beesley@ft.com Twitter @ArthurBeesley...
...But trying too hard to humanise Mrs Clinton could backfire, as it did in 2000 with Al Gore’s attempts at a makeover when he ran for the Democrats....
...Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, said the cuts would have to be at the upper end of this target because “40 per cent is clearly not enough”....
...Following the Fukushima disaster in Japan and a wave of public opposition to nuclear power, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that the country’s nuclear plants would be mothballed by 2022....
...Memo to those with tickets to the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s The Best Man: don’t arrive early....
...Last August, the popular broadcaster Steffen Seibert became head of the centre-right government’s information agency and main spokesman for Chancellor Angela Merkel....
...Bush became president even though Al Gore, the Democratic party candidate, had won more votes....
...He once gave a speech with phrases “borrowed” from Bill Clinton and Al Gore....
...Former US vice-president Al Gore won in 2007 along with the United Nations climate panel, and Mr Carter won in 2002....
...Gore Vidal called Ronald Reagan “a triumph of the embalmer’s art”. Someone said Mr Bush was “born with a silver foot in his mouth”. Mr Sarkozy must raise his game....
...Debating with Al Gore in the presidential election eight years ago, George W. Bush defined a new, humbler attitude towards the rest of the world....
...calls Angela Mudge over her shoulder, not remotely out of breath. “Er, fine,” I gasp, wondering if my lungs might collapse at any moment....
...In the last few weeks, he has held meetings with President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, eager to shore up his own environmental credentials at home, and German Chancellor Angela Merkel....
...Her bid has been endorsed by Al Gore, impressed by the environmental focus of the campaign centred on the theme of “feeding the planet, energy for life”....
...Journalists moaned after finding that his meeting with Angela Merkel, the German chancellor, was just a photo-op. No questions allowed....
...That said, he does have a clever sound bite to deal with the Al Gore comparison and move things on to talking about his own ideas....
...The French are about to choose between three post-baby boomers in their early to mid-50s, contemporaries of their 52-year-old German neighbour, Angela Merkel....
...“Dick Cheney” totes a hunting rifle, while his predecessor, Al Gore, has a monkey on his back. The game is said to be party- neutral....
...Gordon Brown, the prime minister, appointed former US vice-president Al Gore as an adviser to the UK government last October when he was chancellor....
...Bush rather than Al Gore victory. Modern American politics exemplify what Malcolm Gladwell called “tipping points”. Small differences in process can lead to sharp differences in outcomes....
...Angela Merkel, the German chancellor and host of the two-day Brussels gathering, talks of Europe setting “a pioneering lead”....
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