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...challenge, because he and his wife were from Europe,” Thomas said. “And the honor of being offered a German professorship, where there is only one professor per discipline, is hard to turn down...
...regulators are circling, the executives were told. Would-be whistle-blowers are collecting promotional materials, saving e-mails, taping phone calls--in the hope of sharing in a jackpot settlement. A PowerPoint slide at the conference showed a kitten (representing the drug industry) in front of a row of German shepherds (the federal regulators), unleashed and ready to pounce...
...strong headwind on the regatta’s first day—combined with a dominant performance from the German national crew—scratched the possibility of taking the shorter route to the finals. The Crimson placed last in the four-boat field, well behind USA1 and just nipped at the line by the Egyptians...
...unexplored shipwreck 60 miles off the coast of New Jersey. He quickly rounded up a dirty dozen of recreational divers, including a Vietnam veteran named John Chatterton, and sailed out for a look-see. A quick underwater peek revealed that the wreck was, unbelievably, a World War II--vintage German U-boat, nestled on the ocean floor. Nobody--not the Navy, not the historians, not even the few surviving German U-boat captains--knew what it was doing there...
...weeks ago the idea of a June 30th handover seemed laughable. Now there's an Iraqi government that's serious and determined, albeit one that's propped up by U.S. forces. Iraq has a leader in Allawi who seems determined to become a kind of Conrad Adenauer, the famed German chancellor, who will seek legitimacy from his people just as father of modern Germany did from the ashes of World...