Word: german
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...Starflyer Is Born In-flight comfort with an internet connection in every seat Take a Hike Destinations to restore your sense of wonder To many, prefabricated accommodation is synonymous with holiday camps, and about as appealing as queuing for communal showers. Hoping to fix that is TomaHouse (tomahouse.com). The German firm's new Bale Classic villa incorporates Balinese design in one of the most stylish examples of DIY accommodation around. With an aluminum skeleton as its core, the Bale Classic can comfortably expand from a 4.7-m-by-4.7-m footprint up to 200 sq m. Smart electrical and plumbing...
...purges had destroyed the Red Army's officer class before the war started. Until June 1941, Germany and Soviet Russia were allies, and Moscow had seized the Baltic states as part of a carve-up of Eastern Europe provided for by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Even the massive German invasion seemed, paradoxically, to promise an end to Stalin's dictatorship. Russians began to hope that victory over Hitler would bring a political thaw at home after the brutality of the 1930s. They were quickly disillusioned. With victory, repression returned. Hundreds of thousands of returning pows were sent straight...
...Braun, who hopes to carry out a larger telemedicine trial with real nurse visits by the end of the year. "This is ideal for every type of visual diagnosis in medicine," he explains. A British hospital is already trialing picture phones for the instant diagnosis of broken bones, and German tech firm Siemens is developing a "sniffing" handset that can measure bad breath and read alcohol levels. Who said mobile phones were harmful to your health...
...million state-of-the-art factory it built in St. Petersburg, is embroiled in a furious court battle with authorities over a more than $80 million tax demand from 2000 that has prompted complaints from the Japanese government. And tax isn't the only weapon; this month, the German electronics manufacturer Siemens was officially told it couldn't acquire a majority stake in a Russian company that manufactures some defense-related equipment. Siemens had offered between $200 million and $300 million for a 73% stake in the firm, Power Machines, but the deal was blocked by Russia's antitrust authority...
...Usually when I see a German guy on a balcony with an adoring throng underneath him, it tends to make me a little nervous." --DENNIS MILLER...