The majority of those present were supporters of Gustav Stresemann’s German People’s Party, which was known for its probusiness attitude, or one of the moderate “bourgeois” parties.

I was unsettled by the sudden outburst, and since I didn't know what to do I just stood there, confused.

Slowly cooking the onions will cause caramelization which will bring out the sweetness and give them a brown color.

Yet, as he talked, Dosia became curiously aware that from his position directly across the room he was covertly watching her as she sat consentingly listening to George Sutton, whose round face was bending over very near, his thick coat sleeve pinning down the filmy ruffles of hers as it rested on the carved arm of the little sofa.