Word: wurttemberg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...total of $8 billion last year, has lately begun to pick up again. Gorbachev was especially taken with demonstrations of the high-tech wizardry that abounds in West German industry. In one factory a robot poured glasses of a local wine for a toast with Baden-Wurttemberg Minister President Lother Spath. Gorbachev repeatedly encouraged West German industrialists to participate in joint ventures in the Soviet Union. Said he: "Those who look ahead and take calculated risks are doing the right thing...
...when they return to fall classes, children in the West German state of Baden-Wurttemberg may learn all three verses, despite some strong opposition. Said a Ministry of Education spokesman: "Why should children who were born long after the war be burdened with the guilt of their ancestors?" The restored verses include lines calling for Germany to unite "for protection and defiance" behind four rivers that are all beyond postwar German boundaries...
Kohl praised Lambsdorff, then moved quickly to replace him. The Chancellor's choice: Martin Bangemann, 49, a lawyer and maverick F.D.P. leader from Baden-Wurttemberg. Bangemann became available for the Economics portfolio after he lost his seat in the European Parliament in elections two weeks...