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...Selbstportrait mit Kater,” memories harken back to ’70’s Berlin when the then-young Bargeld and percussionist N.U.Unruh picked metal trash off the streets and, for the first time, beat out their existential angst on the overpass on the Autobahn. “Perpetuum Mobile” inherits the drama of it all with just a tinge of self-mockery beneath the gloom...
...operator, admits that German broadcasters are borrowing marketing ideas from Britain. An on-air campaign to explain digital radio begins in March, and there are plans to auction a few hundred inexpensive radios over the Internet in April. Most German automakers, lured by the promise that 100% of the autobahn system will be covered by a digital signal by 2004, have begun ordering units from manufacturers, which should also boost the market...
...that's okay, because at least our 14-year-olds won't be watching tequila ads during The Late Show. Instead, they'll be watching car commercials, dreaming of the glorious day they can take off down the local pike at Autobahn speeds, just like the guy in the ad - you know, the one who always gets the girl? It doesn't matter than accidents rank as the fifth-leading cause of death in the U.S., with car crashes claiming 500 children ages 5 to 9 each year, and injuring 95,000. It's certainly not important to note that...
Just down the autobahn in Wolfsburg, however, Volkswagen has built a theme park that is drawing twice as many visitors as expected, along with rave reviews. Autostadt, or Auto City, is the brainchild of VW chairman Ferdinand Piech. Conceived as a place for VW customers to pick up their new cars, the center quickly grew into the EuroDisney of the automobile. Unlike other theme-park planners, Piech never intended Autostadt to become profitable. The $400 million cost was written off as a marketing expense. Piech hopes Autostadt's revenues will cover its operating expenses next year...
...this issue 44. __ Images Inc. posted images of a hush-hush Air Force proving ground on the Web 47. __ 51 (location photographed by 44-Across's satellite) 49. African leaders met in Zimbabwe to discuss peace in this war-ravaged nation 51. Clinton wants to close the "__ Divide" 53. Autobahn autos 54. Org. with a much quoted journal 55. High dudgeon 56. Kind of crime 57. Indy time 58. Three dots, in Morse code...