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...still wants to play. He has scheduled a series of seniors events in the next few months, starting with an appearance at a tournament in Graz, Austria, in mid-August. There's persistent talk about a showcase match against John McEnroe after the women's final at this year's U.S. Open. Most of all, Becker wants one more taste of Wimbledon. He wants to play doubles in the main draw - not this summer but next, when his game is in better shape. Becker knows he will never do anything as well as he played tennis. He has found only...
...citizenry that has been denied the musical stylings of Sting will prove more effective. He reportedly will follow Lou Reed and cancel Austrian concert dates to protest Haider's policies. Earlier this month, the lead singer of the band Bush chanted a Jewish prayer during a concert in Graz, and the London Times reports some artists are thinking of planning a "Rock Against Haider" boycott. Native son ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER expressed concern, saying, "I am hopeful that Austria will find a way through this. I am so saddened that with all the progress we've made working for an open...
Most important, the merger is now producing metal. In Graz, Austria, this month, Mercedes and Chrysler vehicles began rolling off the same assembly line--in auto manufacturing, this is akin to walking on water. The Graz plant originally made the Jeep Grand Cherokee. But when the merger talks began last year, Mercedes car chief Jurgen Hubbert spotted a golden opportunity to expand production of the new M-class suv without paying the exorbitant costs of a new factory. In an odd twist, Mercedes saves more than $70 million by shipping components from its plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala., back to Europe...
That sentence sums up most of Schwarzenegger's life: intense activity combined with relaxation. He was born in Austria, in the city of Graz. His father was a policeman, his mother a hausfrau, and they instilled in him a strong ambition. By the time he was 15, he had decided he wanted to be a body builder, and hung pictures of a former Mr. Universe all around his room for inspiration. That former Mr. U., South African Reg Park, not only had muscles but money, and young Arnold wanted both. He created himself, pumping iron three or four hours...
...Otto Heller in Sao Paulo, a fanatic Nazi who brought out a fascist propaganda sheet called Der Reichsbrief (The Reich Letter). By the age of twelve, Gerhard had become a member of the Hitler Youth and later boasted of being a committed Nazi. Nonetheless, in the Austrian town of Graz last week, Gerhard's 26-year- old son Adolf firmly rejected the stories told of his father by the Bosserts and Gitta Stammer. "It's easy to put the blame on my dead father," he said. In fact, he continued, he himself knew nothing of Dr. Mengele, and could...