And then, following our presentation, a very high quality study from Germany on the same topic was presented.

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Stewart and her company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Lagasse and HSN stand accused of trademark infringement for selling knives claimed to be made in Solingen, a region in northern Germany known for making high quality cutlery.

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That should lay to rest the myth that Germany is irredeemably anti-consumer (although quality of service still leaves much to be desired).

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The old line was that high-quality cars came almost exclusively from Germany and Japan, and you had to pay for the privilege of the "right" nation of origin.

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"Of course quality comes before speed, but I think Germany is entitled to have a new government quickly, " she said.

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In the survey of France, the U.K., Spain, Germany and Italy, more than half the population said the quality of the health care they received was either not good at all or had declined.

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But in Germany, for example, media companies have prospered during the social era by investing in high quality journalism.

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What is made in Germany is often the work of only a few highly skilled people engaged in an inexorable pursuit of quality and precision.

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The highest quality materials, intricate manufacturing processes and meticulous manual assembly at Leica Camera's facility in Germany guarantee functional reliability for years to come.

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