Word: benz
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...conspicuously neutral name for what used to be Germany's Hoechst and France's Rhone-Poulenc. Nor are Europeans confining their targets to the Old Continent. Even a few years ago, it would have been hard to imagine Renault buying Japanese carmaking giant Nissan or Daimler-Benz acquiring Chrysler...
...alive today. 2) anyone who feels inadequate in his or her position, high or low, and fears exposure. 3) anyone who writes a newspaper column. 4) anyone who wants to. 5) anyone who spends a good deal of time reading travel brochures or hanging out in a Mercedes-Benz showroom. 6) anyone whose name contains a vowel. 7) anyone else...
...which goods to attack? President Clinton could have slapped the 100% tariff on, say, Mercedes-Benz autos imported from Germany, fine wines from France, or elegant women's shoes from Italy. But that might have provoked retaliation by the Europeans against major American exports. So instead the President chose to punish smaller and less important European companies--companies that furnished bath products to Reinert, prints to Kaplan and batteries to Dove. In short, the Administration came down with a heavy foot on relatively powerless citizens. People who, like 99% of the population, contribute little or no money directly to politicians...
...Given Mondrian's ties to El Lissitzy as well as artists of the Bauhaus, [the painting] will greatly complement our holdings in this area and provide new areas of study and research," said Peter Nisbet, Daimler-Benz curator of the Busch-Reisinger Museum...