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...semesters of dentistry were enough to convince Klaus Hoell that he should switch to business administration; he is now an executive with Mercedes-Benz. After wondering whether to attend university at all, Poeck moved into engineering and an eventual partnership in a consulting firm. He spent several years working in Asia and Africa, where he thinks he can contribute more than at home. Dieter Klussmeyer studied law on his way to the civil service post of district draft-board chief in his hometown. Only Werner Marker, an ophthalmologist, and Klaus Giersiepen, a lawyer, were certain of their career plans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: Down Memory Lane | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

...trend in holidays, for instance, is to avoid other Germans -- even if that means spending a month in Patagonia. The drift in sports is to golf; tennis has become "too popular" since Boris Becker first took the Wimbledon crown in 1985. Although the waiting period in Germany for Mercedes-Benz's latest sports car, the $77,000 500SL, is four years, the trendy automobile is something like an Isdera Imperator, built by a small company in Stuttgart, which uses a Mercedes-Benz V-8 engine but certainly does not look like a Mercedes-Benz...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Germany: The Oh So Good Life | 7/9/1990 | See Source »

Schmiedeberg said that Edzart Reuter, chiefexecutive officer of the Daimler-Benz company,which produces Mercedes-Benz cars, would beresponsible for fundraising in Germany...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: German Company Gives $500K | 7/3/1990 | See Source »

...Death. Ever since, residents periodically abandon their main occupations as farmers and wood-carvers, let their hair and beards grow long and compete for the prized roles. As usual, the premiere attracted padres, pilgrims and politicians, ; among them Bavarian Minister-President Max Streibl and U.S. Ambassador Vernon Walters. Mercedes-Benz limousines stood outside the 4,684-seat theater, and the hotels and restaurants were jammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Oberammergau's Blood Curse | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

Such alliances could help Daimler-Benz spruce up its consumer-electronics group and afford entry to Japan's domestic markets. Mitsubishi would position itself for 1992's united European market and, with access to Daimler aircraft technology, might enter the commercial aircraft field -- a dream come true for the Japanese but a nightmare for Boeing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JOINT VENTURES: Courtship of Giants | 3/19/1990 | See Source »

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