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...your knowledge of German literature doesn't get much further in the alphabet than G and H (Goethe, Grass, Hesse), a visit to www.litrix.de will prove literarily enlightening. The trilingual website (German, English and a third language that changes every year) introduces readers to a wide variety of new fiction, nonfiction and children's titles each month. Financed by the German Cultural Foundation and run by the Goethe Institute, the site is intended to promote among foreign readers an appreciation of the works of contemporary German authors - a laudable goal, given that the land of the Dichter und Denker...
...living room, maybe even their own. Two new stores selling clothing and accessories have drawn attention to this trend - and have competitors snooping around in the shelves for inspiration. Ruehl No. 925 is the latest brainchild of Abercrombie & Fitch chairman Michael Jeffries. Based on a fictitious story about a German leather-goods family that immigrated to America and opened a shop in New York City's Greenwich Village, the store is decorated to look like a town house with a brick facade, a wrought-iron fence and antiqued windows. Inside, antique books (all for sale) and a long gallery filled...
...Kerry is elected, Kristol claimed, Kerry will have no choice but to go after broader targets than bin Laden himself. Transatlantic relations will deteriorate more than ever when Kerry is unable to garner French and German support for American involvement in the Middle East, Kristol said...
...German shepherds were the fourth most popular breed last year. The Scottish terrier is the 44th most popular breed, not that the popular vote really matters. The Scottie is a low-to-the-ground, very tenacious, impulsive dog. It tends to urinate on itself uncontrollably. But Kerry's dog Kim is problematic. The German shepherd can be aloof. It's not very fast acting...
Consider the LCDs on our watches, cell phones, PDAs, laptops and, increasingly, TVs. Liquid crystals were discovered in 1888 by Friedrich Reinitzer, an Austrian botanist, and named a year later by Otto Lehman, a German physicist. Since then, they have taken a leisurely route to our homes. The first prototype display emerged from RCA's Sarnoff Research Center in 1968. Two years later, Optel began producing the first watches with an LCD. I first got a computer with an LCD (an Apple Portable) 15 years ago. The road from discovery to mass market took about 116 years...