Word: municheer
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...blame his evil on an unhappy youth. In the New York Times, Maureen Dowd suggested that the network was using the project to court young viewers. Says CBS president Leslie Moonves: "You would have thought we were going to have a handsome young guy dancing in the streets of Munich...
...Saddam Hussein does not turn up anywhere in the Middle East, it might be wise to search for him where nobody would think to look--say, in a posh hotel in Las Vegas. Perhaps he might even be meeting with Osama bin Laden there. TURAN FETTAHOGLU Munich...
...Paulo. Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies have fought for a decade over the market for regional jets - the ones with 20 to 100 seats that fly routes like Frankfurt to Munich. And the fight is becoming more intense: just last week U.S. Airways, which recently emerged from bankruptcy, struck a $4.3 billion deal to buy 170 regional jets, splitting the order evenly between Bombardier and Embraer. It was a sure sign that Embraer can fly as high as its competitor - a point driven home...
...S?o Paulo. Just east of Brazil's business capital are the headquarters of Embraer, Bombardier's smaller but aggressive rival. The two companies had fought for a decade over the burgeoning global market for regional jets - the ones with 20 to 100 seats that fly routes like Frankfurt to Munich. But at the S?o Paulo show, Embraer opened a new front in the battle, flaunting its first executive jet, the attractively priced $20 million Legacy. "There is really no competition" between the Legacy and Bombardier's business fleet, sniffed Bombardier spokesman Leo Knappen. "We have a whole family of jets...
...with the square moustache jumped onto a table and fired a shot into the ceiling of the Buergerbraukeller, a large beer hall in Munich. "The national revolution has begun," he shouted. Not quite. Adolf Hitler was forcing the issue. With Germany seething at the spineless Weimar government over the humiliating terms of the World War I armistice, Hitler sensed an opportunity. Just before 9 p.m., his Nazis launched a putsch, or coup d'etat, taking three powerful officials hostage. With hundreds of his Storm Troopers surrounding the hall, he compelled the trio to support him. But Nazi euphoria was fleeting...