Word: stimmungswelleâ
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...life, West Germans are taking another look at themselves and their role in the world. Having gorged themselves materially in successive waves of Fresswelle (eating), Autowelle (auto buying), Wohnungswelle (home buying), Reisewelle (traveling) and even Edelfresswelle (delicacies), they now seem intent on quite a different course: a neue Stimmungswelle???a new national mood. They want to correct the world's mistaken notion that only a fat German is a happy one, which they feel has encouraged others to ignore Germany's pressing problems and national frustrations. As Willy Brandt cries: "We are economic giants but political dwarfs...
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