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...merger is notable not only for its size and complexity (the fine print of labor law and trade policy will have the lawyers tied up for months) but also for its symbolism. The creation of DaimlerChrysler Akteingesellschaft represents a triumph of the global economy and the end of car companies as national emblems of industrial might. The car business is too capital and customer hungry to care about flags. Witness last week's other big news: Volkswagen's $713 million deal to buy Rolls-Royce, the once regal, now tarnished marque of British motoring. Ford also announced last week that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE DAIMLER-CHRYSLER DEAL : Here Comes The Road Test | 5/18/1998 | See Source »

First countries outside the U. S. to produce good moving pictures were Germany and Russia. Most famed cinema company in Germany for the last 15 years has been UFA (Universum Film Akteingesellschaft), which made such famed silent pictures as The Last Laugh, Variety, The Golem (see p. 48). Most famed Russian director has been Sergei Eisenstein (Ten Days That Shook the World, Potemkin), who four years ago spent two years producing Thunder Over Mexico. Last week, UFA and Director Eisenstein, neither of whom has been much in the U. S. news lately, reappeared in it, both to their disadvantage...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Rebuke and Reorganization | 3/29/1937 | See Source »

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