Word: josef
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...outstretched arms, the beaming man in white reaching out to touch those near by. Then the hand in the air, the gun, the explosion, the shouts of disbelief. Even now, those haunting images of the attempt on Pope John Paul II's life last May linger on. For Josef Hartmann, 60, the horror would evolve into an even stronger, more lasting vision. A civil servant from Mōmlingen, West Germany, on a tour of Italy with his wife Erna, Hartmann was in St. Peter's Square taking pictures of the Pontiff from behind, when shots rang...
...supporting cast, especially Bob Balaban as Rosen, the corrupt FBI man, and Josef Sommer as McAdam, the understanding editor, does a good job and occasionally manages to shake the movie from its plodding, moralistic path. But all the actors are shackled by lines that support the film's message, rather than coherent characterizations. Having published a story that leads to a suicide, Meghan and McAdam sit in the newsroom and discuss the extent of their responsibility for the tragedy. "And if you delete newspaper?" Meghan bitterly replies. The exchange is glib, cute--and totally out of place...
...momentum that if a vote were held today, it would win a clear majority of 50.3%. That is a remarkable comeback for a party that suffered the worst defeat in its history only a year ago, when Schmidt's coalition trounced the conservative Minister-President of Bavaria, Franz Josef Strauss, 53.5% to 44.5%, in the national elections, winning 271 seats in the Bundestag, against a total of 226 for the C.D.U. and its companion Christian Social Union...
West Germany. The country's reputation as Europe's economic powerhouse has taken a beating as oil-price increases brought economic growth to a halt. From 736,800 (3.2%) only two years ago, the jobless rate has swollen to 1.4 million, or 5.8%. Josef Stingl, president of the Federal Institute of Labor, warned last week that the number would probably rise further. One consolation: there is no evidence that the jobless have joined the middle-class youths who have rampaged through West Berlin and other cities to protest the lack of adequate housing. In the industrial Ruhr Valley...
...none of the recent Conrad books is more manageable-or readable-than Roger Tennant's new study. Tennant examines both the work and the self-manufactured legend, carefully separating rumor, romance and fact. The result is a concise work that offers a new understanding of the Pole, born Josef Konrad Korzeniowski, who became a great writer in a language he had difficulty speaking...