Word: nazi
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Family Guy •McCain/Palin button is worn by Nazi in episode...
BRAD PITT stars as Nazi hunter in Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds; watch out, TOM CRUISE...
Zalaegerszeg, Hungary Since the western Hungarian city of Zalaegerszeg was founded in the 11th century, it has been besieged by Ottoman hordes, devastated by plague and occupied by both the Nazi and Soviet armies. Today, this city of 62,000 faces another catastrophe, all thanks to the woes of its meat factory. Employing 650 people directly and providing a livelihood to hundreds more - from local farmers to shopkeepers - the Zalabaromfi meat-processing plant has long been one of Zalaegerszeg's most important businesses. But the credit crisis has complicated a long-running dispute between Zalabaromfi and Hungary's second largest...
...skills and manifest charisma as well as his talent for reducing complicated political and economic problems to easily recognized root causes. He espoused anti-immigrant positions and attempted (unsuccessfully) to prevent Austria from joining the European Union in the 1990s. In a country reluctant to acknowledge its role in Nazi atrocities carried out during the Second World War, he also repeatedly hinted that Hitler was not all bad: at one point he said that the Waffen S.S., the unit implicated in some of the worst crimes of the Holocaust, was "part of the Wehrmacht (German Army) and thus deserves...
...More recently, Haider was seeking to re-invent Austria's far right. In campaigning for this year's national parliamentary elections, he steered clear of Nazi references, focusing instead on the alleged threat posed by immigration, a potent political issue in Austria. His greatest political success came in 1999, when he led the Freedom Party to 27% of the vote, a result that triggered outrage in Europe and, ultimately, sanctions from the European Union when the party was invited to join the government. Haider never held national office himself, preferring instead to work behind the scenes from his post...