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...Force servicemen and civilian employees at the Rhein-Main Air Base call it the gateway to Europe, and with good reason. Located opposite Frankfurt International Airport, Rhein-Main is almost a city unto itself, the largest and most vital link in the U.S. military airlift command. For that reason it is a prime target for terrorists. Last week they struck with a vengeance, setting off a car bomb that killed a 19-year old airman on temporary duty and the wife of another airman assigned to a medical airlift squadron. Twenty-one people were injured...
...beat Rhein Fire in Glasgow. An all-American game? Not any more...
...While Turkey's breathtaking economic dive was not seen as particularly surprising in Brussels, the crisis highlights the importance of Europe's reform demands. Says Eberhard Rhein, senior adviser at the European Policy Centre in Brussels: "It clearly demonstrates that Turkey has to privatize the banks, urgently." Last week's events, he feels, amount to a "cleansing storm" on the political front that could have salutory economic effects...
...those who crave order on a smaller scale, the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, is sending over some of its extensive collection of 20th century furniture to the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum in New York City. While reproductions can be seen in the increasing number of midcentury furniture stores around the U.S., there's nothing like an original Arne Jacobsen to set design pulses racing...
...built work, while not numerous, has won her public and academic acclaim internationally. The Vitra Fire Station in Rhein, Germany and the Mind Zone at the Millenium Dome in London are her most well-known works to date. Both include numerous non-right angles and cantilevered surfaces...