Swiss-German

Global Witness also claims that a third timber company, the Swiss-German Danzer Group, has a subsidiary working in the Democratic Republic of the Congo which has been allegedly involved in conflicts with local communities.

WWF accused of failing to regulate sustainable timber scheme 2011

“We have Swiss-French evaluators and Swiss-German evaluators and so on.”

In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

I focus on five families from very different backgrounds -- Swiss-German Mennonites who emigrated together in 1873, a Yankee family who moved to Dakota when the railroads first opened the land, an extended Norwegian family who came from a lovely village in the Telemark region, etc.

An interview with David Laskin 2010

“We have Swiss-French evaluators and Swiss-German evaluators and so on.”

In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

Ildefonso Schuster, son of a stalwart Swiss-German officer in the Vatican's famed Swiss Guard, is accounted an Italian Cardinal because he was born in Rome.

Time Magazine on the Elevation of Ildefonso Schuster 2009

KONSTANZ, Germany—Booming trade in this town overlooking Lake Constance on the Swiss-German border is just one of the visible effects of the Swiss franc's rise against the euro in recent months—a surge the Swiss central bank this week vowed to cap.

Swiss Shoppers Flock Over Border With Strong Francs; a Deal on Soap John Revill 2011

"At least this closes the matter as far as Düsseldorf is concerned, and with the new Swiss-German tax treaty, this sort of tax-driven business won't be the sort Credit Suisse is looking to obtain," Helvea analyst Peter Thorne wrote in a note.

Credit Suisse Pays to End Tax Probe Deborah Ball 2011

Hals makes his loose, gestural approach, termed "painterly" by the Swiss-German art historian Heinrich Wölfflin, look so effortless that it is often assumed that he worked quickly, making what would now be called "one shot" paintings; in fact, he built up his vibrant images with traditional layering techniques, trusting—just as Rubens, his near-contemporary and fellow master of the painterly, did—that his last flourishes would bring the result to vivid life.

Picture-Perfect Rogues' Gallery Karen Wilkin 2011

I detected a Havana accent in his voice, perhaps because he had spent little time in contact with the Swiss-German dialect which would eventually give another cadence to his words.

Yoani Sanchez: Survival Cuban Style, Through an Informal Rental Library 2010

THE trip was uneventful, in the sense that they pointed the hood of the big Mercedes south and stopped only twice before reaching the Swiss-German border.

American Assassin Vince Flynn 2010