Word: priebisch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ruge, whose father was killed in the war, studied history and political science, volunteered long enough for the army to get his parachute wings and then turned to journalism. Karl-Ernst Freitag and Artwin Priebisch studied marine engineering, spent a couple of summers sailing the high seas, only to drift into other endeavors: teaching for Freitag, business for Priebisch. Harm Smidt leaned toward the law but turned to the sciences and engineering and wound up a partner in a firm dealing with environmental-impact studies...
Perhaps some things to benefit themselves and their community as well. "We have developed a kind of perfectionism that bothers me," says Hoell. "We could probably make do with 80% and live better." Working hard -- perhaps too hard -- has been part of the price paid by a generation that Priebisch says "was forced to perform, to build something from nothing." The society, says Wiethoff, has a lot to learn. "It has to do with prosperity, which has made us hard and asocial. We talk a lot about our wealth and our clever politics, but what...
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