Word: rolf
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...report, written by Rolf Goetze, a private data analyst hired by SPOA, says that rent control contributes to the low number of vacant units in the city, places an unfair burden on landlords and ultimately hurts the city's economy...
Though German authorities matched the remains to Mengele's medical and dental records in 1985, they were not 100% convinced until last week. British scientist Alec Jeffreys compared DNA from the exhumed bones with DNA from Mengele's living son Rolf Jenckel and pronounced them a match. The Israelis said they were satisfied. The genetic testing might have happened sooner, but Jenckel refused to cooperate until a German prosecutor threatened to dig up other deceased Mengeles for tissue samples...
Anna Golin, who owns Wunderhaus, a giant warehouse of modern furnishings in Unterfohring, says people are investing heavily in home decoration as well: a Rolf Sachs chair goes for $5,900, a chest of drawers by Shiro Kuramata for $8,900. The furniture fills high-priced housing. A no-frills single-family house in choice areas of Baden-Wurttemberg or Bavaria averages about $300,000, a one-bedroom apartment rarely less than $160,000. The most reasonably priced region is along the East-West border, but even there the market is tight...