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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...artillery batteries from Fort Ord, Calif.--a total of 141 soldiers--were pulled out Monday, said White House press secretary Marlin Fitzwater. One planeload of troops arrived at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio late Monday...
...roadways. The ubiquitous "Trabi" has not had its flaky Duraplast body redesigned since the first mass-production models rolled off the assembly line in 1964. Its motorcycle- size two-stroke engine coughs out more pollution than almost any other auto. Often the motor's two cylinders come on line one at a time until they sputter in unison in a puff of blue smoke, sounding uncannily like an ancient sewing machine...
Then there is the one about the customer who walks into a Trabi dealer. Says the customer: "I want a Trabi with a two-tone paint...
Andreas Kippe of West Germany's ADAC Auto Club has a favorite. "How many workers does it take to build a Trabi? Answer: two, one to fold and one to paste." But Kippe says the ribbing is all part of West Germany's tough love for the ungainly auto. "Some of these jokes sound nasty," says Kippe, "but people who love each other make jokes about each other." In fact, ADAC's emergency service aids any Trabi in trouble, free of charge...
Museums in Brunswick and Munich have bought some of the old clunkers to preserve what is perhaps the humblest symbol of one of the most extraordinary years in German history. Concluded Auto Motor und Sport: "The plain Beetle became a symbol of our economic miracle. The Trabant, its simple counterpart from the East, gave the first impulse to an even greater miracle." Proving, of course, that looks aren't everything...