Word: germanic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Through May 7. "Emil Nolde: The Painter's Prints." Nolde, known for his vibrantly colored oil paintings and watercolors, will be the focus of the first major U.S. exhibition of one of the greatest modern German artist...
...writing notes to himself in a case book, an old-fashioned physician's tool. As his jottings mount up, Hullah notes to himself, "I really must put on the brakes or this Case Book, which I in-tend only as an aide-mamoire, will turn into one of those German Bildungsromanen, about the growth of a human spirit...
...Malaysian resort town of Kota Kinabalu, and there, after plunking down $1,600 in cash for seats in the economy section, he boarded the plane in his own name. Malaysian authorities just missed catching up with the Leesons. But reports of their flight immediately circulated abroad. In Frankfurt, German police, carrying pictures of the couple, boarded the plane and took the Leesons into custody. After drinking some tea, Nick Leeson asked for a lawyer and telephoned the British consulate...
Lisa has been released and is back in Britain. Nick's immediate future is uncertain. Singapore has requested his extradition, and Leeson will no doubt contest any attempt to send him back to Asia. In addition to a German lawyer, Leeson has retained lawyers from Kingsley Napley, Britain's leading firm specializing in white-collar crime. Leeson, said Christopher Murray, his attorney at the firm, simply wanted to return to England "to put the record straight." Leeson's sister Sarah, 18, was emphatic. "One person can't lose all that money," she said. "They are playing on his background, making...
...billion. As the extent of the damage became apparent, Leeson, 28, and his wife Lisa Sims, 23, fled their apartment in Singapore and spent a week on the lam. Detained last Wednesday as he arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, he said they were only trying to return home. A German magistrate is considering Singapore's extradition request. Auditors had warned Barings executives last August that Leeson was operating independently of any controls...