Word: schleswig-holstein
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Lagerfeld, on the face of things, is used to being happy. Certainly he has had a lifetime of being rich. Born in Hamburg to an elegant Westphalian mother and a father who owned one of Europe's largest dairy companies, young Karl grew up in the countryside of Schleswig-Holstein, taught by tutors. When he was twelve, his mother went to Hamburg to inroll him in art school. Karl wanted to be a portrait painter, but the art school director pointed out that "your son isn't interested in art, he's only interested in clothes." Lagerfeld...
World War II began last week at 5:20 a. m. (Polish time) Friday, September 1, when a German bombing plane dropped a projectile on Puck, fishing village and air base in the armpit of the Hel Peninsula. At 5:45 a. m. the German training ship Schleswig-Holstein lying off Danzig fired what was believed to be the first shell: a direct hit on the Polish underground ammunition dump at Westerplatte. It was a grey day, with gentle rain...
Police later charged Salesman Uwe Rohwer, 40, a well-known neo-Nazi in Schleswig-Holstein, and four of his followers with the crime of forming a terrorist group. It marked the first time that this charge, drawn to deal with radicals of the left, had been invoked against the right...
...captured 62% of the vote in the Bavarian state elections, giving it the largest majority enjoyed by any party in any German state assembly. Since then, to demonstrate that he can draw crowds outside his rural, conservative and Roman Catholic bailiwick in Bavaria, he has barnstormed into Lower Saxony, Schleswig-Holstein and even the working-class, traditionally left-leaning Ruhr. This week Strauss flies off to Peking-at the invitation of the Chinese-to re-establish his credentials in foreign affairs...
According to experts, Strauss trails far behind both Helmut Kohl, national chairman of the Christian Democrats, and Gerhard Stoltenberg, who is minister president of Schleswig-Holstein, the two front runners for the C.D.U. chancellorship nomination. Instead of becoming Chancellor, Strauss may have to content himself with being a kingmaker whose support will be necessary for anyone seeking the nomination. Then, if the C.D.U. wins, Strauss's prize could be the Foreign Ministry, a post he covets second only to the Chancellor's office...