Word: albrecht
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While the exhibit features notables such as Rembrandt and Albrecht Altdorfer, the heart of its message lies in the fact that the body of this new, Old Testament moralizing on women's roles was not created by an artistic elite, but rather by the popular press. The exhibit stresses the fact that these prints were intended for a wide, though perhaps sophisticated, audience, and that they were bought for their content, not their artistic value...
...foundering economies -- anxiously watched the Clinton transition last week for clues to the new President's trade and economic policies. "We cannot hope for a healthy Japanese economy while the American one is sick," says an official of Japan's Ministry of International Trade and Industry. Says Gunther Albrecht, chief economist for the German Chambers of Commerce and Industry: "The talk is of putting a higher priority on U.S. domestic matters, and that could mean a harder line on some issues, and protectionism is one of them. That would be bad for the world economy...
...certainty that the country will prosper, tempered by an equal certainty that there will be difficult years to survive before it does. "1990 was a year of good news; 1991 is a year of bad news; but 1992 will be a year of good news again," says Gunter Albrecht, chief economist of the German Association of Chambers of Commerce and Industry. "In the autumn we will see the start of an upturn, and things will improve day by day." He cites harbingers of recovery: small businesses in the service sector to generate consumption, a rise in construction and a growth...
...East Germans were killed trying to escape. When Heinz Kessler, former Defense Minister of the now defunct communist regime, planned to flee to the Soviet Union last week, however, he was merely arrested, along with former Prime Minister Willi Stoph and two other ex-leaders, Fritz Streletz and Hans Albrecht...
...most notable arrest came on June 6, when police seized Susanne Albrecht, 39, one of some two dozen R.A.F. members on West Germany's most wanted list. Albrecht, who is married to an East German scientist, is accused of taking part in the 1977 killings of Jurgen Ponto, chairman of the Dresdner Bank, and industrialist Hanns-Martin Schleyer. East German Interior Minister Peter- Michael Diestel said the arrests provided evidence of a "devilish connection" between the R.A.F. and the Stasi -- a connection that is now certain to be further investigated...