Word: bonne
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...West Berlin's Olympic stadium. Turkish shops were given special protection after neo-Nazi groups threatened that the Kreuzberg ghetto would "go up in flames" on the day of the game. The anti-immigrant atmosphere caused Chancellor Helmut Kohl so much embarrassment that he flew in from Bonn to attend the game...
Called before the Bundestag's Defense Committee to explain, Worner admitted his decision to retire Kiessling had been influenced by a second factor: concern over "personal differences" between the German general and NATO'S supreme commander, U.S. General Bernard Rogers. Angered, Bonn's legislators launched an extensive nonpartisan investigation...
When the West German defense ministry last month abruptly announced the early retirement of a four-star general who was one of NATO's two deputy commanders. Bonn buzzed with rumors about why the alliance's high command harbored a security risk. West German Defense Minister Manfred Wörner last week ended the speculation, but added to the uproar. He asserted in a terse televised announcement that General Günter Kiessling, 58, was an active homosexual. In a letter to Kiessling's lawyer, which was not made public but was excerpted in some German newspapers...
...allegation came as a surprise to colleagues who had followed Kiessling's career. He became the youngest general in the Bundeswehr in 1971, took command of an armored tank division in 1976, then moved to a high-level staff job at the defense ministry in Bonn. In 1982, after Kiessling became a deputy to U.S. Army General Bernard Rogers, the NATO Commander, his progress was halted. A personality clash with Rogers apparently encouraged Kiessling to take early retirement effective next April. In September, Kiessling cleaned out his office at NATO headquarters in Casteau. Belgium, and shortly before Christmas...
...almost 25% of the pines are suffering. Southern Germany has been hit most severely: more than half the trees in the 2,300-sq.-mi. Black and 1,800-sq.-mi. Bavarian for ests are damaged, and the devastation is spreading. Last year, according to the Interior Ministry in Bonn, only 8% of the nation's forests were afflicted. This year the figure has leaped to 34%. The situation in East German forests is reported to be even worse...