As he sat in first class awaiting takeoff and a planned meeting the next day with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, followed by a meeting with European finance ministers on Monday in Brussels, his world of power and privilege came crashing down.

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Its legendary operational drill entails everything from training drivers to hold their keys on a pinky finger so they don't waste time fumbling for them in pockets to asking employees to clean off desks at day's end so they can be clear for takeoff in the a.m.

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