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...Century in December 1999. "Einstein was not only a brilliant physicist, but also a lateral thinker, pacifist, cosmopolite and visionary," says Gerd Weiberg, head of Germany's Einstein Year celebrations. Here are some highlights of Einstein-related happenings around Europe: Einstein, who was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, in 1879, lived and worked in Berlin for 18 years before emigrating to the U.S. in 1933. And from May 16-Sept. 30, Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style magazine marks its quarter century Summits of Style...
...Einstein, who was born in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany, in 1879, lived and worked in BERLIN for 18 years before migrating to the U.S. in 1933. And from May 16 to Sept. 30, "Albert Einstein-Chief Engineer of the Universe" runs in Berlin's Kronprinzenpalais (Crown Prince's Palace), now a museum. "Chief Engineer" is an interactive exhibition that uses films and touch-screen PCs to help visitors learn about Einstein's theories. For more info, call (49-30) 22667 344 or visit einsteinausstellung.de...
...Bavaria from applying a state law requiring that crucifixes be hung in classrooms. (The verdict has since been skirted by a Bavarian regulation allowing crosses, unless parents object.) In 1998, a young Muslim teacher named Fereshta Ludin applied for a job in Plüderhausen in Baden-Württemberg, but was rejected because she insisted on keeping her head veiled in the classroom. She sued the Stuttgart school authority, and after years of legal wrangling won her case in September, when the Constitutional Court ruled that Muslim teachers have the right to wear head scarves in school. "I felt...
...wage conflict," said Klaus Zwickel, the group's feisty chairman. "They have forced IG Metall into industrial action." Assuming the strike vote passes - at least 75% of the membership is required - work stoppages could begin as soon as May 6 in the southwestern state of Baden-Württemberg, home to carmakers DaimlerChrysler and Porsche, and also in Berlin and the surrounding state of Brandenburg, where many new businesses have been started in the former East Germany. The last strike by IG Metall was in 1995 and affected only workers in prosperous Bavaria for three weeks. What's so unusual...
...reason is that Baden-Württemberg, whose capital is the car-making city of Stuttgart, is one of the most prosperous states in Germany, with an unemployment rate of only 5.2%, the country's lowest. The cdu's Teufel runs on this successful record, while Ute Vogt, the sdp leader, claims Teufel's 10 years as head of the state government has left him out of touch...