November 9, 2006

  • Hour of the Wolf

    Today is Schicksalstag, the "day of fate" in German history.

    This entry's time slot, 3:00 AM ET-- which some say is the beginning of
    "the hour of the wolf*"-- was reserved earlier for some entry
    appropriate to the day.
    (Actual time of this entry: about 12:48 PM ET).


    Markus Wolf,
    East German Spymaster,
    Dies at 83

    By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

    Published: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2006

    Filed at 11:16 a.m. ET

    BERLIN (AP)
    -- Markus Wolf, the ''man without a face'' who outwitted the West as
    communist East Germany's long-serving spymaster, died Thursday [Nov. 9, 2006]. He was
    83.

    Wolf died in his apartment in Berlin, his stepdaughter
    Claudia Wall said in a statement. The cause of his death, on the 17th
    anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, was not released.

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    "Nine is a very
    powerful Nordic number    ."
    -- Katherine Neville

     
    to put one's back
    into something    		 bei etwas
    Einsatz zeigen
    to up the ante
    		 den Einsatz erhöhen
    to debrief den Einsatz
    nachher besprechen
    to be on duty
    		 im Einsatz sein
    mil.to be in action im Einsatz sein
    to play for
    high stakes    		 mit hohem
    Einsatz spielen

    * "Wolf" -- See the etymological notes
    in The Shining of May 29.