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...today is the Gummibaum (rubber plant), whose leaves luxuriate in the central heating of millions of spanking-new apartments. The nation has no motto; Gott mit Uns went the way of the spiked helmet, and the closest thing to a watchword in a devoutly neat country is "Vorsicht! Frisch Gebohnert" (Careful! Freshly Waxed). Well-to-do Germans are drinking more heavily, apparently to fight the frustrations of wealth; sociologists speak of Wohlstandsalkoholismus-prosperity alcoholism...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The Heart of Europe | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

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