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When they finally came round to understand that they were faced with a fait * accompli, they swallowed their misgivings and tried to regain control. This turned out to be rather difficult, for by now not only East Germany but half a continent was out of hand. It would have taken a nimble man indeed to handle a problem of such dimensions. Whatever else may be said about Helmut Kohl, he is not known to have a light foot...
...Since the late 1940s, the West German government has paid the equivalent of $5.4 billion in 535,000 settlements for left or lost property in East Germany. The average recipient pocketed just a few thousand marks. Under West German law, those who were compensated still have the right to regain property -- as long as they repay the money they received...
Navratilova and Lendl both bypassed June's French Open, one of the sport's four Grand Slam events and a pivotal factor in determining the No. 1 ranking that Lendl has and that Navratilova aches to regain from Steffi Graf. They / stayed away because the slow brick-dust surface in Paris rewards tactics that are entirely different from what works on the fast and often bumpy grass at Wimbledon. With only two weeks between the tournaments, there was too little time to shift gears. Clay-court players typically stay back near the baseline and trade shots until an opponent makes...
...Marley performance was a moderate success. Little money was lost and the council was able to regain some of its credibility in the music industry...
...quality of our public life is in a precarious state," Bok said. "The issue in America is not how people could regain power but how they exercise power that they have...