Having the Confidence to Give It a Go is for Many People the Hardest Part of Learning German. the Strange Accents, Silent Letters and Words as Long as Your Arm... They All Add Up to Make Learning German a Daunting Prospect.

Historical collections that include everything ever written in a dozen American and British newspapers since they started are now available electronically.

By Igor Muller Julius Meinl V, the chairman of Meinl Bank, and Karl-Heinz Grasser, the former Finance Minister, of Austria, are setting up an energy investment company that would buy and develop power assets in eastern Europe, Russia and Asia, and plan to make an initial public offering.

By Melanie D. Scott, Detroit Free Press Jan. 14--As a teacher for 16 years, Henry Rehn has taught hundreds of students about history. But as a German American, he wants them to know about the country's present as well as the past.

By Heather J. Carlson, Post-Bulletin, Rochester, Minn. Oct. 4--PLAINVIEW -- For months, Joe Duden worked under the watchful gaze of his father Elmer as he welded, sanded and painted a rusty 1951 Ford pickup truck.