| His antitelevision campaign included a proposal that Germans abstain one day each week from watching television. |
| In 1939, the French anticrop program was directed primarily at the Germans, using potato beetles to destroy a food staple. |
| After initial success, the Germans learned how to pass through the barrage, aided by the unreliability of British mines. |
| In other words, the harsh child rearing to obtain unconditional obedience did not of itself antisocialize many Germans. |
| At a neighbouring table two Germans were making a hearty meal, chumping the meat and smacking their lips in a kind of heavy ecstasy. |
| If Eskimos have dozens of words for snow, Germans have as many for bureaucracy. |
