Word: gerd
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Dates: during 2001-2001
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...Switzerland takes visitors on a journey through the mystic universe of Buddhist deities, monks and saints. The exhibition, which lasts through the end of October, presents one of the most important collections of Tibetan art in the world. It was compiled over three decades by a German theological scholar, Gerd-Wolfgang Essen, now 70 and living in Hamburg, Germany, who says failing health prompted him to sell the collection. "I was sorry to let it go," says Essen, "but I am happy that it is now in a museum in Basel, in the heart of Europe. It's the best...
...Institute of German Industry in Cologne says the proposed changes-expected to be approved by the lower house of parliament by August-will boost the amount companies spend on councils by 26%, to nearly $7 billion a year. UPS executive Gerd Schr?der says the move could hurt Germany's chances of attracting foreign investment. "No one in the U.S. understands how the country that already has the highest degree of co-determination in the world wants to increase that even more...