Austriaâs Maier No Longer a Dominator
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There appear to be big shifts at work in Alpine skiing, starting with the slow fade of Austriaâs Hermann Maier, the most accomplished active racer in the world.
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The Austrian Cultural Forumâs show on capital punishment approaches its theme with timidity and indirectness.
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The Austrian oompah band that accompanies the world&#39;s most famous skier, Hermann Maier, on his exotic travels, fell silent again yesterday as the brilliant American Bode Miller continued his dominance of the new season with his fifth World Cup victory.
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Back then, it was Lee Iacocca and the federal government bailing out Chrysler. Today the German owners must figure out how to fix the company.
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A falling birth rate and an aging  population have prompted Germany's female leaders to shake up  the nation's old-fashioned family policies.
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A German court last week lifted a ban on tuition. 'Elite' is in; 'egalitarian' is out.
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1. Ingemar Stenmark, Sweden: 86 2. Hermann Maier, Austria: 53
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The Austrian government said Friday it had retreated from previous plans to fully privatize Telekom Austria.
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Kurt Waldheim, who was elected Austrian president despite his military service for the Nazis, died today.
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American tenor Neil Shicoff, who was overlooked for the position of director of Vienna's State Opera, has pulled out of Austria's renowned Salzburg Festival.Shicoff, in a letter to festival director Juergen Flimm, said he needed a break to rethink his priorities and distance himself from 'intrigues and disappointments.' A copy of the letter, written in German, was provided to media outlets Tuesday by festival organizers.Shicoff, 58, a friend of Austrian Chancellor Alfred Gusenbauer, was deemed a favorite in the running to become the next director of the State Opera. Read more
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By GEORGE JAHN  VIENNA, Austria - Dominique Meyer was named the next director of Vienna's renowned State Opera Wednesday, a decision that eased criticism of Austria's chancellor, who had been accused of using political influence to promote another candidate for the job.
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The deployment of European troops to Lebanon and Afghanistan comes under the spotlight and there are mixed views on how the EU should deal with a national unity government in the Palestinian territories. In Austria and Germany, papers are dismayed at a fall in the number of students receiving university degrees.
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Austrians voted in a general election on Sunday likely to reinstate Chancellor Wolfgang Schuessel's conservatives as the nation's largest party and oust far-right populist Joerg Haider's group from government.
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Sepp Maier, recently sacked as Germany's goalkeeping coach following g a withering appraisal of German number 2, Jens Lehmann, has again criticized the Arsenal keeper.
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Austrians vote Sunday in national elections that could swing the alpine nation back to the political center after more than six years of influence by the extreme right.
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EAVER CREEK (Colorado): Overall World Cup champion Hermann Maier believes he is perfectly suited to the steep Beaver Creek course as he targets a return to form this week after his disappointing showing at Lake Louise.
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His voice has long since changed from his choirboy days, but his taste for rich, dark Viennese coffee has not.