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...nation with an all but obsessive concern about self-improvement, one institution so far has remained relatively impervious to change: the bureaucracy. Otto von Bismarck inaugurated the German civil service in 1871, an innovation that many of his countrymen now regard as the Iron Chancellor's least admirable accomplishment. There is hardly a German who has not been humiliated at one time or another by the uniquely imperious attitude of public employees-a maddening amalgam of officiousness, condescension and cantankerousness. A recent West German telephone poll, for example, showed that 62% of the callers were "very critical" of their...
...Joyless gray skirts," said he). During one session in a Hamburg court, Nannen stirred a row when he whisked out huge cheesecake photos of two of the plaintiffs, one showing Actress Erika Pluhar in short shorts and boots, the other from an old movie portraying Film Director Margarethe von Trotta stark naked and making love to a man on the roof...
...cool, savvy inspector. Ventura has a striking physical presence which he uses well to convey the grave sense of urgency that dominates the picture. His ability to keep his cool contrasts effectively with the surrounding madness. Fernando Rey as the pragmatic Minister of Justice and Max Von Sydow as the fanatically authoritarian Chief Justice also play their roles convincingly...
Prince Charles, when the Vatican refused a church wedding to Anglican Prince Michael of Kent and his Catholic bride, Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz: "It seems to be worse than folly that Christians are still arguing about doctrinal matters which can only bring needless distress to a number of people...
MARRIED. Prince Michael of Kent, 36, handsome first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, whose diversions have included international bobsledding and fast cars; and Baroness Marie-Christine von Reibnitz, 33, an aristocratic Austrian interior designer; he for the first time, she for the second; in Vienna. Because his bride is a Roman Catholic (her first marriage was annulled), Prince Michael was obliged under the Act of Succession of 1700 to renounce his place as 16th in line to the British throne...