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...statement indicates that students should regard Foreign Cultures are “not one’s own,” a somewhat offensive assertion to all those who do identify with the cultures listed in these courses: Korean, Vietnamese, East European Jewish, Muslim, German, South Asian and Scandinavian, just to name...

Author: By Loui Itoh, | Title: The Culture of the Core | 2/9/2004 | See Source »

...product of the American dream, the toy store that is now a national institution was started by German immigrant Frederick August Otto Schwarz in 1862 in Baltimore. In 1880, the store moved to its location on Fifth Avenue in New York City, later made famous by a playful Tom Hanks in the 1988 film Big. Many of us grew up watching Big, yearning to go to that very toy store one day and play “Chopsticks” on that very piano...

Author: By Saritha Komatireddy, | Title: Farewell, FAO? | 2/5/2004 | See Source »

...CONVICTED. ARMIN MEIWES, 42, a German computer repairman who killed and ate another man; of manslaughter; in Kassel, Germany. Meiwes was sentenced to 8 1/2 years in prison. The court rejected a life sentence for murder sought by the prosecutors, ruling that the victim, Bernd-J?rgen Brandes, 43, was a willing participant in his own death...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: The Cat 'n' the Pat | 2/2/2004 | See Source »

...Executive If there was a market in European business chiefs, it might be time to sell. Deutsche Bank CEO Josef Ackermann in late January flashed a victory sign and a broad smile as he walked into court to face breach-of-trust charges related to the 2000 takeover of German telecom firm Mannesmann by the U.K. 's Vodafone. He created a huge outcry about rich, arrogant executives. "Managers have lost contact with reality and live in an illusory world," railed Hans Leyendecker, a commentator for Süddeutsche Zeitung. Similarly, Italians have been wringing their hands since the discovery...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Biz Watch | 2/1/2004 | See Source »

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