Berlin memories temper World Cup notes and praise
The writer recalls 1957 Berlin forays and the airlift that kept the city alive while contrasting Germany’s wartime guilt with visits to three museums the Jewish Holocaust and German history museums. He criticizes American soccer fans and dissects refereeing in Portugal Netherlands and Italy Australia matches.
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East Germany
Stalin
John Kennedy
Jewish Museum
Holocaust Museum
Germany History Museum
Hitler
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Australia
George Vecsey
The
New York Times
Book Tours and a RoboAuthor Joke in Humour Award Tale
The author discusses winning the Stephen Leacock medal for humour and the upcoming book signing tour. He envisions the grueling travel, odd hotel stays, and late night fights, then jokes about a RoboAuthor as a perfect, distant signer. He doubts Atwood’s RoboAuthor catching on.
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Stephen Leacock
Canada
Jasper
Johannesburg
Kitchener
Katmandu
Atwood
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