Word: zimmermann
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Healthy Sign? What can the union do for the Soldaten? "We demand better pay," snaps Union Leader Willi Zimmermann, 48. He explains that a German sergeant with five years' service draws only $150 a month (v. $270 for his U.S. counterpart), and is seeking $40 a month more. Zimmermann also demands "easier" promotion, more recreational facilities, increased health coverage, and a pension plan equivalent to that of civil servants. Fair enough within the framework of current union de mands, but Zimmermann goes further. "It is ridiculous," he says, "for a highly trained soldier to perform menial tasks like guard...
...Zimmermann insists that a unionized army would be as strong as any other. As in any civil servants' union, he explained, it would be forbidden to strike. Indeed, its advocates argue the unionization of the army is a healthy sign that democracy has taken root. But what happens if war breaks out during the annual negotiations for a new contract? A 60-day cooling-off period? In officers' mess halls throughout West Germany, the whole idea still produces shudders of horror. After all, the only other unionized armies in Europe are those of Austria and Scandinavia...
Overall, most U.S. neurologists would agree with Dr. Rudolf Zimmermann, famous German throat specialist: "From a medical standpoint there is not the slightest shred of evidence that there could be such a link to the mind. Singers -often out of necessity and insecurity -may harbor a somewhat inflated ego. But few of them could be considered outright dumb...
Only Proper. On the Patscherkofel last week, Zimmermann made like an airplane again-a jet this time. By the time he reached the bottom of the first gentle schuss, he was already traveling at more than 40 m.p.h., and a force of several G's tore at his body as he hit the hollow where Australian Ross Milne lost control in practice and hurtled to his death. Next came a treacherous se ries of bumps: unlike more timid competitors, who hugged the surface, using their legs as shock absorbers, Zimmermann boldly catapulted over the bumps with great, bounding leaps...
...else came close. Nearly crashing into a tree, Colorado's Werner was lucky to finish 17th, and the fastest of all the U.S. skiers, as it turned out, was California's Ni Orsi, 19, who had barely qualified for the team, wound up 14th. Winner Zimmermann did his best to console the losers. "After all," he said, "it's only proper that an Austrian should win on an Austrian mountain...