Word: berliner
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...find it a bit sad that there is no photo of me hanging on the walls in the Berlin Museum." David Hasselhoff, star of American TV hit Baywatch and singer, disappointed that his name has no place among museum memorabilia despite his live performance on top of the Berlin Wall on New Year...
...maker of literary fictions rather than diplomatic ones that he found his calling. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, published in 1963, was a sensation. Set among low-level intelligence operators in the chilly mists of divided Berlin, it lifted the curtain on a secret war fought in silence not by chiseled movie heroes in tuxedos but by paunchy, bitter men in ill-fitting trench coats, real human beings who loved and suffered and doubted and died in an atmosphere of profound moral ambiguity. They were James Bond come unbound...
Absolute Friends bristles with that outrage. It is the story of Ted, a tall, genial, impressionable Englishman, and Sasha, a tiny, misshapen, brilliant, fiercely idealistic German. The two men meet for the first time as fire-breathing anarchists in a counterculture commune in Berlin in the 1960s and, improbably, become fast friends. The book's rhythm is that of their chance meetings. Over the years, Ted drifts into life as a minor diplomat, and a decade later, he re-encounters Sasha at an official reception. Now an East German functionary, Sasha proposes an intelligence operationsmuggling state secrets to the West...
...There's a canine room-service menu and a pet beauty parlor. Professional trainers provide sitting, walking and discipline services; a pet psychologist is also on hand. tel: (33-1) 30 84 38 00. But the price could make you growl: the Heavenly Pets package costs $490 a night. BERLIN: Hotel Adlon kempinski Amenities for pets include a comfy sleeping basket and a special pet menu. The concierge provides dog-walking services. tel: (49-0) 30 2261 0; www.hotel-adlon.de. The pet package is $50 a night. CAPE TOWN: The Twelve Apostles Hotel and Spa Pooches are paw-printed on registration...
...Reagan Administration's support was collapsing. "Blas," Marcos bellowed. "You know the Soviets. Can you give them a call?" Remembering this exchange, Blas lit another cigarette and chuckled. He said no to his boss? in effect declining to help make the Philippines a Soviet colony three years before the Berlin Wall fell...