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...German-American humorist: the phrase smacks of oxymoronality. The American expected to laugh at German-Americans (when he wasn't afraid of them), primed as he was with images of oom-pah-pah bands, clinking beer steins and Wagnerian sopranos of ample girth. It happened that Ted's father was co-owner of the Kalmbach and Geisel Brewery (later, and prudently, changed to the Liberty Brewing Company) in Springfield, Mass., and that his mother's measurements were an imposing six ft. and 200 lb. Further, the family names could have come from any ethnic vaudeville sketch of the period: Schmaelzle...
Punishment may seem an ill-fitting strategy for a genial fellow who was a surfer dude as well as a jock in his California teens. But Fox's German-American mom and Vietnam-vet stepdad taught him discipline and focus, which he needed as he took 15 college and pro coaching jobs in 25 years. (His wife Robin spent their honeymoon in the stands as Fox coached in the U.S. Football League.) So he knew hunger when he came to Carolina. "Losing 15 games in a row, everybody had scars. They were ashamed and embarrassed, and willing to do anything...
...wrote what could be called the first modern pop hit ("Alexander's Ragtime Band"). He wrote the most popular song in history ("White Christmas") and the longest-lived pop anthem ("God Bless America"). A one-man synthesis of American assimilation, he helped define American pop with three other gents from all over the map: New York Jew Al Jolson, Omaha German-American Fred Astaire and Tacoma, Wash., Catholic Bing Crosby...
GERMANY A strong German-American relationship was fostered during the cold war. "They have modern technology, and it's very high-quality stuff," says an FBI veteran who worked with the Germans. They overheard bin Laden associates gloating over the Sept. 11 attacks...
...missed the overwhelming U.S. boom, the now blossoming eastern side of the Atlantic will continue to thrive. Yet Europe and the U.S. still have deep financial ties. If anyone needed a reminder of the connections between the two economies, it was underscored by last month's announcement from the German-American amalgam DaimlerChrysler that it was cutting 26,000 jobs, though mostly in North America...