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...especially striking woodcut, "Things American," by Gerd Arntz, is a decidedly unflattering representation of a hypocritical America. It depicts a lynched Black man, a row of "bathing beauties," and a Ford production line in simple, heavy lines and basic colors. The juxtaposition of the three images is, to say the least, a biting commentary on the morality of our culture...

Author: By Angela S. Lee, | Title: Some Cartoon Critics | 2/16/1990 | See Source »

...state does not hesitate to spend for the long term. Lutz Hesslich, 29, 1987 world champion and Olympic favorite for the 200-meter cycling-match sprint, has worked with Trainer Gerd Muller for 18 years. "The man knows how to motivate me; he knows how to channel my ambition," says Hesslich. Functionaries also steer potential stars to where they will be most effective. Gabriele Reinsch, 24, started as a high jumper in the fourth grade and moved to shot put after an injury. When she proved too light, she was shifted to discus, and now holds the world's record...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: Watch Out For the G.D.R. | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...learned of the honor while at a health spa for treatment of rheumatism: "I am very happy indeed. I believed I was forgotten." He will receive half of the $290,000 physics award. The other half will be shared by two scientists at the IBM Zurich Research Laboratory -- Gerd Binnig, 39, a West German, and Heinrich Rohrer, 53, a Swiss -- who between 1979 and 1981 designed a new and entirely different kind of electron microscope...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PHYSICS: Lives of Spirit and Dedication | 10/27/1986 | See Source »

...proudly announced "the journalistic scoop of the post- World War II era": the discovery of 62 volumes of Adolf Hitler's diaries. It soon became clear that Stern itself had been caught in a $3.8 million swindle involving Documents Dealer Konrad Kujau, 46, and Stern's veteran investigative reporter Gerd ("the Detective") Heidemann, 53. The trial of the two men has been under way in Hamburg for six months. Even so, more questions than answers about the case remain as the proceedings move toward a close...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Judging the Hoax That Failed | 2/25/1985 | See Source »

...early June. scholars around the world began to gain access to 29 years-old Gerd Faltings proof confirming the Mordell conjecture--originally published in 1929 paper--which suggested that the majority of polynomial equations have only a finite number of rational solutions...

Author: By Rebecca J. Joseph, | Title: Harvard, MIT Math Professors Agree That Theorem is Valid | 7/29/1983 | See Source »

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