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Trier
The Oxford American College Dictionary;
36 words
...Tri·er / trir / a city on the Mosel River in Rhineland-Palatinate, in western Germany; pop. 99,000. French name Trèves . Established by a Germanic tribe, the Treveri, c. 400 bc , Trier is one of the oldest cities in Europe.
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Germany's staggering statistics. (economic indicators released by Germany...
The Economist (US);
July 1, 1995 ;
400 words
......publishing economic indicators for western Germany only, five years after the reunification...pages 118-120) still relate only to western Germany. Figures for the money supply and...indicators--are still based only on western Germany. Gradually, however, Germany is becoming...
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WESTERN GERMANY. 1977. (PAR280451)
Magnum Photos;
January 1, 1977 ;
JK;
105 words
...JK Magnum Photos 01-01-1977 WESTERN GERMANY. 1977. Keywords: encampment...symbolization heart shaped western germany. 1977. western europe europe...geographical european r.f.a. western germany. 1977. 1977 Magnum Photos
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The new Germany: partnership or subjugation?
Canadian Dimension;
January 1, 1991 ;
Vogt, Roy;
787 words
......businessmen, and other newsmakers in western Germany (I will refer to the former Federal Republic of Germany - West Germany - as western Germany, and to the former German Democratic...repeat the conventional wisdom of western Germany that the unification of the two parts...
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German Inflation Lowest Since '87
Xinhua English Newswire;
December 23, 1998 ;
122 words
......recorded in 1997 and the lowest for western Germany since 1987, the German Federal Statistics...Inflation dropped to 0.4 per cent in western Germany for the month of December, contributing...on statistics from four states in western Germany and is considered reliable. Declining...
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Pay Deal Agreed Upon in Eastern Germany.(Brief Article)
Chemical Week;
April 12, 2000 ;
60 words
......and the second in July 2001. Workers in western Germany earlier received a 2.2% pay rise (CW...sector pay in eastern Germany in-line with western Germany Salaries in eastern Germany average about 86% of those in western Germany.
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Invisible Wall Still Lingers East Lags Behind West
International Herald Tribune;
April 22, 1999 ;
Rick Smith;
787 words
......invisible wall still separates Eastern and Western Germany. As politicians of all stripes get...considerably less than their counterparts in Western Germany, their companies are twice as prone...almost 20 percent, nearly twice that of Western Germany, the psychological effect has ...
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British chefs drop French name
The Independent - London;
November 27, 1998 ;
55 words
...British chefs drop French name THE UK'S leading chefs' organisation has dropped its French name in favour of an English one after declaring that British cooking has come of age. The Academie Culinaire de France, founded in 1980 by Albert Roux and...
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Mosque killer in western Germany says he is defending honor
Xinhua News Agency;
January 26, 2004 ;
143 words
...Mosque killer in western Germany says he is defending honor BERLIN, Jan. 26 (Xinhua) -- A gunman who shot dead two worshipers in a mosque in western Germany on Monday morning said that he was defending his honor, according to German press reports...
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Gas explosion injures many in western Germany
Xinhua News Agency;
October 18, 2002 ;
107 words
...Gas explosion injures many in western Germany BERLIN, Oct. 18 (Xinhua) - A number of people were injured...Friday morning in a gas explosion in downtown Cologne, western Germany. Five of the seven were in critical condition, suffering...
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One of largest neo-Nazi trials under way in western Germany
Jewish Telegraphic Agency;
October 1, 1995 ;
Gil Sedan;
187 words
......Agency 10-01-1995 One of largest neo-Nazi trials under way in western Germany. One of the largest trials against neo-Nazis began last...tight security measures in a court in Koblenz, a city in western Germany. Sixteen people were accused of belonging to three unlawful...
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A vegetable field near Mutterstadt, western Germany, is watered...
Getty Images;
April 28, 2007 ;
TORSTEN SILZ;
68 words
......SILZ Getty Images 04-28-2007 A vegetable field near Mutterstadt, western Germany, is watered... Full Size JPG (3047 KB) A vegetable field near Mutterstadt, western Germany, is watered 27 April 2007. Persistent drought in Germany with summerlike...
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An Airbus A380 lands at Frankfurt/M airport, western Germany...
Getty Images;
March 17, 2007 ;
MARTIN OESER;
72 words
......Getty Images 03-17-2007 An Airbus A380 lands at Frankfurt/M airport, western Germany... Full Size JPG (706 KB) An Airbus A380 lands at Frankfurt/M airport, western Germany 17 March 2007 after flying from Toulouse in France. The A380 will spend...
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A picture taken 07 May 2007 in Essen, western Germany shows the...
Getty Images;
May 7, 2007 ;
VOLKER HARTMANN;
91 words
......HARTMANN Getty Images 05-07-2007 A picture taken 07 May 2007 in Essen, western Germany shows the... Full Size JPG (2321 KB) A picture taken 07 May 2007 in Essen, western Germany shows the frontpages of German newspapers, featuring the new French...
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Commuters crowd in a train at a station in Cologne, western Germany...
Getty Images;
October 12, 2007 ;
HENNING KAISER;
99 words
......10-12-2007 Commuters crowd in a train at a station in Cologne, western Germany... Full Size JPG (1195 KB) Commuters crowd in a train at a station in Cologne, western Germany, 12 October 2007. Up to half of Germany's commuter and regional...
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