Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Well, I don't think so officer...." Three seconds later, we were all spread-eagle against the patrol car, the german shepard slavering at us through a thin wall of glass. Paper bags, Coke cans, Doritos and other trash flew onto the highway as Officer Redneck searched our car, finally producing one, sole, empty can of beer...
...only way for European countries to insulate themselves against that peril, TIME's economists agreed, is to boost domestic demand and become less reliant on exports. The onus will be on West Germany, Europe's most powerful economy, to take the initiative. Last year the Germans resisted pressure to cut interest rates and lift demand by promising that strong growth was already in the pipeline. Further stimulus, German officials argued, would raise the risk of an overheated economy and renewed inflation. But West Germany's 2.75% growth rate in 1986 fell short of expectations as the high-flying mark...
Last month's decision by West Germany's central bank to trim the discount rate that it charges to banks from 3.5% to 3% was hailed as a much needed step to take pressure off the mark and boost domestic German consumption. Some of TIME's economists, though, argued that a further relaxation of West German monetary policy is still needed. "The Bundesbank's action was too late and not sufficient," complained Mast...
...picture was the fact that the monthly deficit in December was only $10.7 billion, down dramatically from the $19.2 billion recorded a month earlier. That may be a sign, though not a definitive one, that the continuing slide of the U.S. dollar against the Japanese yen and the West German mark, which makes U.S. products cheaper abroad and imports more expensive, is finally having some effect on the trade balance...
...holds suspected TWA Hijacker Mohammed Ali Hamadei, 22, in a Frankfurt jail, wrestled with its own problems. The capture of Hamadei, who is wanted in the U.S. for the hijacking and the murder of Navy Diver Robert Stethem, seemed to have led to the kidnaping of the two West Germans in Beirut two weeks ago and helped set off the recent rash of abductions. Some German officials fear that giving in to U.S. pressure for speedy extradition of Hamadei could lead to more West German kidnapings. Still, the Germans last week arrested Abbas Ali Hamadei, 30, the suspect's brother...