Wednesday, February 04, 2009

The World Economic Forum | Swiss misses (and hits)

"....Best catchphrase: “Doing an Erdogan”, Davos-speak for hissy fit, after Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the prime minister of Turkey, stormed off stage and flew home when he was not allowed to respond to a long rant by Shimon Peres. Runner up: a remarkable number of grey-haired political leaders and company bosses have adopted as their own British Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s self-promoting rallying cry that “Now is no time for novices”."

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