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...Austrian who did most of his research at the University of Munich, Karl von Frisch established after decades of observation that bees communicate with each other through a complicated, highly articulate language of dance. He found, for instance, that a bee returning from a source of honey near the hive will perform a "round" dance, but if the source is more than about 160 ft. away, he will "waggle" instead. When the scout bee steps forward during the waggling dance, it points the way to the source. Having written the classic book on the subject, The Dancing Bees, Von Frisch...
...facility was a troublesome presence. It had to be guarded by a force of 150 Austrian police with dogs. Every train from the east or El Al jet from Israel had to be protected. Before long, the Austrians feared, an incident might occur similar to last year's Munich massacre. The solution was to close the center that was a natural mass target for Arab terror...
...altar by Europe's youngest and newest monarch, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden. It seems that wavy-haired Carl Gustaf, 27, may be smitten with Silvia de Toledo-Sommerlath, 25, the daughter of a wealthy, retired German businessman. They met last year at the Olympic Games in Munich, where the pretty, multilingual Silvia was the chief VIP hostess. A series of dates since, including an invitation to a royal family party, has some Swedes convinced that the King is planning to make Silvia his own hostess...
...society. Auden was a brilliant colonizer of lands they discovered; less remote but also less magical than Eliot; wiser and clearer-sighted than Pound; younger and metrically more inventive, with more humor too. He was first heard in the 1930s, sharpening his satiric clauses on the foibles of pre-Munich England...
Land fever is not confined to the U.S. In England, the average price of a lot has doubled in two years. The cost of raw acreage outside Munich has risen nine hundredfold since the early 1950s. Urban real estate in Japan shot up 30% last year alone, and a square foot in downtown Tokyo now costs more than...