Word: fritz
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...neighbors, unification has aroused quite different concerns. Will a united Germany mean the rebirth of dreaded words like Lebensraum and Drang nach Osten? In short, will a united Germany turn nationalistic, threaten its neighbors and try to dominate Europe? "Today the Germans want to think of the future," says Fritz Stern, Seth Low professor of history at Columbia University, "but their neighbors are thinking of the past...
...industry. The five principal enterprises of this former state conglomerate -- Planeta, Plamag, Zirkon, Brehmer and Perfecta-will now be run separately. All make sophisticated printing equipment, and all are international leaders in their fields. Some other machine and machine-tool companies get good marks from Western bankers, including the Fritz Heckert plant in Chemnitz and parts of the October 7 group like the Niles gear-grinding machine company that had its origins in Niles, Ohio. The list of the tigers, though, is far shorter than the list of the dogs...
...Crimson's California party ended for good yesterday afternoon when Zimmerman and Shyjan, the ninth-ranked doubles team in the country, could not get untracked against Fritz Bissel and Mark Knowles, dropping a 6-4, 6-2 decision...
...FRITZ IS IN THE WINGS YET AGAIN. Walter Mondale never enjoyed running for office, but he built a great career around being tapped on the shoulder. Twice since leaving the vice presidency he has balked at pleas from Minnesota Democrats to run for the Senate, but his time may have come again. Next month the Senate ethics committee will hear a torrent of accusations against Republican David Durenberger, including a charge that he accepted $100,000 in outside income through a dubious book deal. Word is that he faces expulsion if he doesn't resign. Democratic Governor Rudy Perpich would...
...been for decades, a German question. Germans and their country have arrived at the end of the 20th century burdened more than others with the curse of their history, a fact they may resent but cannot ignore. "The Germans want to think of the future," says Columbia University's Fritz Stern, a leading American expert on German history, "but their neighbors are thinking of the past." In Paris last month, former Prime Minister Michel Debre spoke warily about the prospect of a unified German nation. "We French," he said, "who know our neighbors well, how can we not remind...