BERLIN - About 100 days ago, Angela Merkel started a second term as chancellor, armed with a new center-right government coalition and an admonition for Germany. "This country has to finally grasp the full dimensions" of the unique economic crisis afflicting it, she said. The chancellor did not directly acknowledge that Germany was among the world industrial powers suffering the greatest damage from the global recession. All the same, Mrs. Merkel offered two interesting concessions. Deep-readers...
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