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16. Dezember 2006 — Did George Bush steal a German word? The Nürnberger Nachrichten has an article by Evelyn Scherfenberg on German words that have been exported. Schon auffälliger war, als George Bush 2004 einmal einen politischen Gegner in Alltagsdeutsch abkanzelte: “You are too wischiwaschi!” The legal co…

7. März 2006 — Do I need an MP3 player? The Pope has joined the Queen, George Bush and millions of others by getting himself an iPod. Pope Benedict XVI was given a white, 2GB iPod nano by a group of Vatican Radio employees on Friday at an event to celebrate the station’s 75th anniversary. They h…