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Some of Bonhoeffer's appeal for the young stems from the remarkable drama of his life. The son of a prosperous neurologist, he studied theology at the University of Berlin in the 1920s and quickly gained a reputation as one of Germany's most promising young Protestant thinkers. After Hitler came to power, Bonhoeffer joined the anti-Nazi "Confessing Church," for which he later ran a secret, illegal seminary at Finkenwalde. In 1939, Bonhoeffer, who had once been a pacifist, refused the safety of exile in the U.S. Even though employed as a German intelligence agent, he secretly...
...year because every substantial rise has been nipped by scare talk fanning fears of a business downturn in the months ahead. A year ago, the market was sent tumbling from 940 to 841, after the Fed's Bill Martin compared the modern economy with that of the giddy 1920s. Last February, the market climbed to a record 995 and seemed headed toward 1,000, but talk of tight money and tougher taxes again sent it down...
Died. Amory L. Haskell, 72, industrialist and sportsman, who in the late 1920s introduced auto safety glass from Great Britain to the U.S. market, then at the age of 38 retired to devote himself to horse breeding and racing, most notably as founder (in 1946) and president of New Jersey's 600-acre Monmouth Park race track; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...highest. A savings and loan association followed with a decision to put up a 15-story building. Both companies cited "a changed climate in the mayor's office" as a major factor in their decisions to put up the largest downtown offices built in the city since the 1920s. Sorensen also attacked discrimination in Omaha (10% of the population is Negro) more determinedly than any previous mayor, personally canvassed white neighborhoods to find housing for a Negro he had appointed to head the Human Relations Board...
Antique-auto buffs who lack the patience to comb the used-car market for their favorite classics could rejoice in the sampling of newly minted replicas. Milwaukee's SS Automobiles Inc., which last year began turning out reproductions of the 1920s' doorless Mercedes-Benz SSK Roadster under the name Excalibur SSK, has added a four-seat Mercedes Phaeton. Price: around $7,500. The classic American Cord has returned as a scaled-down convertible (four-fifths original size) that, like its predecessor, comes with front-wheel drive. Included in the $5,950 price: a one-way plane ticket...