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  • "Right now the oncologists are prescribing, chemo, radiation and yoga and that is absolutely huge," says Ms. Topfer.

    A Push for Yoga and Meditation Melanie Grayce West 2011

  • The effort is to treat the whole person, not just the disease, says Kula for Karma's founder, Geri Topfer.

    A Push for Yoga and Meditation Melanie Grayce West 2011

  • But Topfer -- formerly Germany's Environment minister -- has re-energized the Nairobi-based organization, even persuading industrialized countries to channel more funds into the agency.

    Greening The Global Agenda 2008

  • The dynamic, no-nonsense Topfer is a good bet to revitalize the moribund Nairobi-based organization.

    Davos: Show Us The Jobs! 2008

  • Topfer recruited Rollins as his successor from management consultant Bain & Co. in Boston.

    AT DELL, HE'S NO SECOND FIDDLE 2007

  • Rollins explains that he was trying to lash the company into shipshape and says he learned such brusque behavior from his predecessor, Topfer.

    AT DELL, HE'S NO SECOND FIDDLE 2007

  • "The success of the Johannesburg Agreement is not based on any timetable, but on the need for its implementation," Topfer said.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2003

  • Swiss author is Topfer (1799-1816 [sic]), who has left some true masterpieces of romance at once sentimental and humorous, such as his

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 6: Fathers of the Church-Gregory XI 1840-1916 1913

  • It could not have been otherwise, first, because my aim was to describe, not my own history, but that of the companions of my childhood; and, secondly, because when writing it I was far from independent in the form of expression, being under the influence of two writers who at that time strongly impressed me: Sterne (Sentimental Journey) and Topfer (Bibliotheque de mon oncle).

    Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood 1906

  • Many of your admirers frequently tell me about you; above all Zschocher and Topfer.

    Letters Liszt, Franz 1893

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