American troops would rub shoulders less often with their biggest NATO allies, especially Germany.
Most economists expect the pound to turn down as the euro area, especially Germany, recovers.
In continental Europe, especially Germany and Austria, firemen are mostly volunteers outside the big cities.
EU's, and especially Germany's, ability, or indeed willingness, to meet their self-imposed new, ambitious and expensive defence challenge.
Those with more fiscal room (especially Germany, but also America) should wait longer than those (such as Britain) with less.
At the same time, both inflation and nominal wage growth have been higher than in other euro members, especially Germany.
And they have had two important consequences for the European Central Bank and for the central banks of the stronger economies, especially Germany's, the Bundesbank.
During the past six decades German politicians have told the Germans that the nation state, and especially Germany, was so dangerous that it had to be emasculated.
The question they've left unanswered is whether Europe - and especially Germany's politicians - can do what it takes to persuade the voters that the single currency is worth saving.
Or to put it another way, if the ECB and eurozone countries - especially Germany - are not prepared to stand foursquare behind the Italian government, is it any wonder that investors are increasingly reluctant to lend to Italy?
To be sure, southern European countries are running huge trade deficits with the northern tier (especially Germany), but as long as all are tied together by the common currency, internal cost and price adjustments (deflation in the south, inflation in the north) will be slow and painful, and will do little to spark growth for Europe as a whole.
Abandoning the euro currency would have significant costs, especially for Germany as a heavily export-oriented economy.
These have propped up demand this year, especially in Germany where they drove volumes to record levels.
The company vigorously promoted itself to investors, especially in Germany, as a cutting-edge biotech engaged in extensive research.
For all the bile that some are now hurling, especially at Germany, the odds are that Greece's politicians will buckle.
The ECB could let inflation run higher, especially in Germany, and could declare that it stands fully behind solvent sovereigns.
This trend is also strong in Japan and Europe, especially in Germany.
Considering the worsening situation in Europe, IMF selling gold to help Europe is a distinct possibility especially since Germany has declared its gold untouchable.
And it would be impossible to completely cease using coal-fired power stations - especially in Germany - because of a lack of alternative capacity.
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Still, this week has also brought hopeful signs that a European recovery may at last be underway, especially in Germany, the continent's biggest economy.
The economy began to recover in 2010 with a big boost from exports, especially to Germany, and achieved growth of approximately 1.4% in 2011.
Attempts to replace these creaking pieces of kit with new, efficient coal-fired stations are being stymied by environmentalist opposition and regulatory uncertainty, especially in Germany.
The CDU's roots are in the Catholic church, especially in Germany's south (its Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union, or CSU, considers itself a separate Volkspartei).
In practice, though, that seems unlikely, especially in Germany.
Europe as a whole is offering a huge diversity as far as the development of these new activities is concerned - especially Italy and Germany.
But we have also studied a lot of where the technology is going and where policies and green industries are going, especially like in Germany, for instance.
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The new arrangements are not especially popular in Germany, admittedly.
But it remains an open question whether countries - Germany especially - will one day get to a point where they cannot credibly do what it takes to save the euro.
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