Word: berliner
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...large areas in the U.S. and Australia for the creation of parks. Despite his fame, Irwin always described himself as an "ordinary bloke." But how ordinary could he have been when Australian Prime Minister John Howard said of him, "Australia has lost a wonderful and colorful son"? Raiko Lochny Berlin...
...rising by about 10% in the past year alone. A stronger currency makes European exports more expensive for foreign buyers. But that didn't prevent Germany from notching up a $200 billion trade surplus in the first 11 months of last year, the largest since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The good news is that buoyant exports have boosted business confidence in Europe's biggest economy and led to an unexpectedly strong increase in domestic demand. German companies appear to be hiring again: in December, the number of jobless fell by 100,000, the best monthly improvement in years...
...over the world were fascinated by his enjoyment of animal life. Despite his fame, Irwin always described himself as an "ordinary bloke." But how ordinary could he have been when Australian Prime Minister John Howard said of him, "Australia has lost a wonderful and colorful son"? Raiko Lochny Berlin...
...slightly less tortured view of their past. Downfall, a serious treatment of Hitler's last days, appeared in cinemas in 2004. And this month, the stage play Heil Hitler! , "a grotesque, ironical and humorous attempt to come to terms with history," according to its playwright Rolf Hochhuth, opens in Berlin. Interestingly, the company hired to put up the Heil Hitler! publicity posters in Berlin refused at first; an executive said he found the play's title too "hard to stomach...
...opened. I laughed twice during the film, and felt a bit uneasy doing so. And I didn't learn much, for all the hoopla. I suppose I am not outraged that the film was made. But it did feel weird barking out the words mein fuhrer in Berlin, even at a cinema ticket window...