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Curtis E. von Kann '64, leader of a folk-singing group, said yesterday that "any charge added to his group's present fee will drive away business." He indicated that most groups he knows "have all the business they can handle without any entertainment agency...

Author: By Bruce L. Paisner, | Title: Burke Denies New Agency to Encroach | 10/5/1962 | See Source »

Curses for Friends. Last week a touch of mass schizophrenia rubbed off on West Berliners. Normally they are a cynical, cocksure breed who thumb their noses at trouble. "Mir kann keener," they brag in the local dialect. "No one can push me around." In 17 years as a cockpit of the cold war, West Berlin has usually reacted more coolly to its recurring alarums than Washington or Whitehall. Even the Wall seemed barely to have dented the city's composure...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Wall of Shame | 8/31/1962 | See Source »

...former manager has distinguished himself militarily. He is Clifton F. Von Kann '37, former baseball manager, who is a Brigadier General, the Director of Army Aviation, and a former Assistant Chief of Staff. He has won many decorations, including: Silver Star, the Legion of Merit, the Commendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant, the Senior Parachutist Badge, the Army Aviation Badge, the War Department General Staff Identification Device, the Cross of Military Victor (Italian), and the Presidential Citation (Republic of Korea...

Author: By James R. Ullyot, | Title: Athletic Managers Help Organize Teams By Performing Administrative Duties, Gain Valuable Experience for Future | 11/12/1960 | See Source »

...Berliner's password is "Mir kann keener"-"Nobody can put anything over on me"-and his instinctive reaction to totalitarianism, as it is to anything highfalutin, is a deflating wisecrack. The airlift memorial at which last week's anniversary ceremonies began is universally known to Berliners as "the Hunger Claw"; a modernistic postwar church that looks as though a train might pull into it at any moment is called "Jesus Station." When Berliners use the high-flown expressions coined to describe their city's cold-war role-"the beacon of freedom" or "the show window of democracy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BERLIN: The Islanders | 5/25/1959 | See Source »

...shampoo, das mehr kann," marveled a handsome couple as they lathered through a co-educational shampoo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Oscars for Commercials | 10/6/1958 | See Source »

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