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...blood settlers from the old Cape Colony). Hottentots. Hereros and the largest colony of Germans ever to settle anywhere in the former German empire. The name of the capital's principal street is still Kaiserstrasse, and waiters in its sand-pitted beer parlors answer to the call of Herr Ober. For 35 years South West Africa (pop. 450,000). taken from Germany at Versailles and put under a League of Nations mandate, has been run by the Union of South Africa, whose Nationalist government has long wanted to throw off U.N. surveillance and incorporate it as a fifth province...
...Herr Professor Doktor rose stiffly, shook everyone's hand, and left as the students watched the master's cigarette smoke become, at last, part of the clouded overall picture. They discussed Glaubich's ideas for a while, academically noting their structure and implications; no one sought to contradict him. When the students finally left for their poorly heated little rooms, the Amis were thinking that the U.S. surely must have been grossly naive to have acted so in contradiction to Glaubich's mature tenets. But they missed the nature of their naivete...
...right to see and examine what is going on, they will reject the East German regime," said Dulles. France's Pinay sardonically pointed out that the East Germans themselves did not seem to appreciate the "social achievements" Molotov wanted to protect. "Three million Germans have fled from Herr Grotewohl's paradise since 1945," Pinay pointed out, "and the exodus is still going on, and increasing...
Many of us who find football exceedingly dull were amazed at the insights of Herr Beyer. Not only does the "sport" seem to be an instrument of aggression for these oaf-like creatures who are too unintelligent to shoot off their excess energy elsewhere, but sociologically, the mass extravaganza is another of the modern "spectaculars" (similar to the late Roman gladiatorial combats) which are so much a sign of decadence...
Adenauer, toying with his glass of champagne, replied tartly. He could not resist a dig at the party boss, still butting in from the side. "Herr Khrushchev," said the German, "has never put a leaf in front of his mouth ... It is not his manner." "But I don't carry rocks in my pocket," retorted Khrushchev. "We are going home," the Chancellor concluded, "convinced that our visit to Moscow was of benefit." He raised his glass: "To good, friendly, and not only diplomatic relations, because diplomats are not always the best of friends...