Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Volkswagen executives had been feeling justifiably proud that their Golf model has become the best-selling car in Europe. Last week the corporate backslapping suddenly stopped. The West German firm announced that it had been the victim of a swindle that would cost it nearly $260 million. Though VW provided no details, financial analysts believe the money was fraudulently lost by traders who were involved in the company's continuous exchanges of dollars and other currencies for deutsche marks...
...naming of honorary degree recipients, like so many other decisions made in the name of the University community, is the affair of a few Corporation members and University overseers. Consequently all we know about this year's 10 honorands is that Richard von Weizsacker, the West German president who will give the commencement address, will certainly be among them. If O'Neill does not join the West German statesman on June 11, Harvard will have failed to recognize a hometown boy who has earned national distinction serving the Cambridge community the University shares...
...initial reaction to Gorbachev's proposal was highly favorable. "This is a real breakthrough," said a spokesman for Hans-Dietrich Genscher, the West German Foreign Minister. The Kohl government, once opposed to the total removal of missiles, was now solidly behind a deal. NATO Secretary-General Lord Carrington called the offer a "substantial step forward." Secretary Shultz felt there was "some prospect, perhaps pretty good, we can get something worked...
...project began, however, with the movie's two German-born producers, Wieland Schulz-Keil and Chris Sievernich, who decided to film The Dead three years ago. "There was never any doubt that we'd do it with John and no one else," says Schulz-Keil. "His way of making movies meshes perfectly with the subject matter. Both he and Joyce tell a story by giving everyday objects allegorical meaning, turning the everyday into the sublime." The decision to hire Anjelica and Tony, the producers insist, was theirs...
...Irish musicians from all over the Philadelphia area. Note that it is the music that is Irish, not necessarily the players. The emotionally powerful jigs, reels, hornpipes and slow airs of traditional Irish music have made converts from all races, religions and musical creeds. Britton himself is three-quarters German, and Sandy Jordan was raised on bluegrass...