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DORRIE'S FILM is aimed at yuppies; the fears that Julius has are typical yuppie angst, his problems, yuppie difficulties. The humor is even yuppie humor. For instance, Julius and his new roomie, Stefan (Uwe Ochsenknecht), are doing their laundry and he foolishly puts his blue jeans in with the rest of the load. Of course, the entire wash turns blue. Stefan, who is an illustrator gets annoyed at first, but then says reflectively, "I guess I'll be in my blue phase...
...missiles in Europe, are capitalizing on such fears and arguing against anything and everything nuclear with renewed vigor. Last week the Greens adopted a two-pronged program calling on Bonn to withdraw from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization and abolish nuclear power. "The connection is obvious," says Uwe Nehrlich, director of West Germany's Research Institute for International Politics and Security...
Among all the scientific anxieties, however, Prince|ton Economics Professor Uwe Reinhardt takes a determinedly cheerful view of the prospects. "Where is the crisis?" he says. "I have yet to see any real signs of it." Reinhardt predicts that healthcare costs could grow from the present 10.8% of G.N.P. to 12% or 13% before public opposition became serious...
Others, though, say that this position is, well, Hippo-critical. They point out that doctors, as some of the best-paid professionals in America, can hardly contend that they have not profited from medicine. Princeton Economist Uwe Reinhardt, who is participating in a study of for-profit health care, says that so far he has not seen much difference between the behavior of commercial and nonprofit hospitals. Says he: "Hiring big names is good business and good academics. It's one way to achieve a certain luster. DeVries and the artificial heart give Humana legitimacy in the medical world...
...Holy brothers have promoted their clothes to a new generation of fitness-minded businessmen. All the Boss ads feature a tall, square-jawed model who looks like a health-club regular. "We are completely aware that 70% of men's clothing decisions are made by females," says Uwe. The company also has recruited such top athletes as Björn Borg, the five-time Wimbledon tennis champion, and Jürgen Hingsen, the world-record holder and Olympic silver medalist in the decathlon, to wear the Boss line...