Insofar as Germany's leading financial institutions refused to make such loans to the non-creditworthy Soviet Union in the absence of 100 percent government guarantees to cover the transactions, the German government and taxpayers now find themselves the nation holding the bulk of non-performing credit exposure with the former Soviet Union.
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.
Also in the best-of-seven final ring were a German wirehaired pointer ranked as the nation's No. 1 show dog, an American foxhound, a Portuguese water dog, a bichon frise and a smooth fox terrier.
"At long last we have proved that we're a good football nation and the German embassy should start issuing out visas, " quipped Ken Fynn, a resident of Accra.
Oakley the German wirehaired pointer enters as the nation's No. 1 show dog, with sleek Veni Vidi Vici the Doberman pinscher also a top contender.
Apple this week raised the bar by filing a motion in a German court to ban sales across the entire 27-nation EU of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1N a version of the tablet Samsung had modified with the aim of sidestepping the ban.
What also helped was the Hungarians' willingness to accept into the nation and open all doors to any Croat, German, Jew, Romanian, Slovak, Serb or whoever, so long as they adopted Hungarian culture.
Among the top contenders are a prime Doberman named Veni Vidi Vici that reached the best-of-seven final ring last year, a big-winning wire fox terrier, a German wirehaired pointer ranks as the nation's No. 1 show dog and a prized American foxhound.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs told CNN the government will be meeting later Friday with the prime minister to discuss attendance by the nation's lawmakers at the tournament, while a German government spokesman confirmed that chancellor Angela Merkel would not be attending any of the first-round matches due to her time schedule.
The surprising German uptick in 2010 has made that nation less inclined politically to an all-in reflation.
German citizens riot over bailouts and Angela Merkel takes her nation out of the Euro.
At least for now this icon of German industry is thriving despite being based in a nation suffering from low economic growth, the worst unemployment in decades and stultifying regulation.
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