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Reuters Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl, the architect of German reunification, has died, according to local media: http://reut.rs/2tb4Myn
Kohl triumphed over skeptics to deliver German reunification and the euro
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A towering figure of post-war European politics, Helmut Kohl pushed through German reunification and was a driving force behind the creation of the euro during a 16-year reign as German chancellor that spanned the tumultuous final decades of the 20th Read more ... century.
105 months ago
NPR World War I inspired an outbreak of nativism and xenophobia that targeted German immigrants, Americans of German descent and even the German language.
During World War I, U.S. Government Propaganda Erased German Culture
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The demonization of German-Americans took its ugliest turn with the 1918 lynching of a German immigrant.
107 months ago
NPR “Berlin has become my home,” writes British-born NPR Central Europe producer Esme Nicholson. “And once I'd digested the German authorities' decision to accept me as one of their own, it dawned on me that — perhaps unwittingly — I've spent m Read more ... uch of my life becoming German.”
Why I Decided To Become A German Citizen After Brexit
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Esme Nicholson, with NPR in Berlin, was born in England but became a German citizen after Britain voted to leave the European Union. She reflects on what it means to be German in today's Europe.
108 months ago
ABC News Donald J. Trump also claimed German automakers don't behave fairly because a lot of German cars are seen in the U.S., but few American cars in Germany. Gabriel responded that "the U.S. needs to build better cars."
110 months ago
The Economist The modulation of pitch, speed and volume matters when someone is telling a story. The phrase “a German teacher” with stress on the word “German" usually teaches the German language. With the stress on "teacher", it is usually a German national
The last step in improving computer-generated speech is giving it prosody
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Hasta la vista, robot voice
110 months ago
9GAG TV Yes, basically that's how German works, you just add everything together.
Thought German Is Hard? Watch This Video About How German Works Will Change Your Mind | 9GAG.tv
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Yes, basically that's how German works, you just add everything together.
115 months ago
AP Sports German soccer chief: 'There were no slush funds' http://apne.ws/1RRrp0R
German prosecutors consider whether to probe 2006 World Cup
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The German football federation president denied again Monday that German bidders used a slush fund to buy votes to secure the 2006 World Cup, while acknowledging that it remains unexplained what…
125 months ago
Jalopnik German cars are known for 1. being fast 2. depreciation. PERFECT
eBay Challenge: Fastest German Cars For Less Than $15,000
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If you want a cheap desk that you can build yourself, find a Swede. If you want the best risotto, you’d better hire an Italian. If you want fast luxury, look no further than any German automaker. But what’s the fastest German car for under a $15k Read more ... budget? Go forth, and answer.
126 months ago
Thomas Kunze 7 German Words We Should Be Using in English
My Favorite German Words
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My favorite seven German words, illustrated with funny GIFs. These unique words offer a window into the German mindset.
128 months ago
TIME “The problem for us is this parallel society, that they don’t accept and respect German law. They say they are living for Sharia law,” he tells TIME.
Meet the German Activist Leading the Movement Against 'Islamization'
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Once a professional soccer player and fugitive from German law, Lutz Bachmann has rallied the disparate forces of the German right against the "parallel societies" of Muslims in Europe
134 months ago