The American habit of being on first-name terms from the start tends to shock.

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Germany is not America, where everyone is on first-name terms except in the doctor's surgery.

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It also helps to be on first-name terms with other globocrats.

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He was sorely embarrassed when one of his ministers resigned after it had been revealed that he was on first-name terms with Alaattin Cakici, best-known of the suspects.

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He was on first-name terms with air-traffic controllers at J.

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