Word: weilheim
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...assimilation, with the minority group ready to become part of mainstream society, adopting the host nation's traditions and - above all - its language. This is what lies behind the successful U.S. concept of the melting pot, whereas the competing ideal of the salad bowl has mostly failed. Volker Schmitgen, Weilheim, Germany...
Strauss has no need to establish credentials in domestic matters. Since 1949 he has represented Weilheim in the Bundestag and held important Cabinet posts in previous governments, including Defense and Finance. A champion of law-and-order, an advocate of a militarily strong Germany, and an uncompromising antiCommunist, he became the symbol of cold war intransigence...
...Dead. Admiral Nicholas Horthy, 77, aristocratic, choleric ex-Regent of Hungary whose catch-as-catch-can foreign policy (collaboration with Hitler until invading Russian troops suggested a quick switch to the Allies) was always one bad guess behind; of a heart attack (according to the Paris radio): probably in Weilheim Castle near Munich, Germany, where he has been under Nazi "protection...
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