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Dec 30, 2003

"Hope is always available to us. When we feel defeated, we need only take a deep breath and say, "Yes," and hope will reappear." --Monroe Forester

Only Good News

Germany's top-selling newspaper published nothing but good news on Christmas, dropping its normal fare of crime, violence and scandal for stories about tax cuts, falling petrol prices and accelerating economic growth. "There's only good news today," Bild wrote in two-inch high letters at the top of page one, where the giant headlines are usually devoted to sex scandals, Germany's cannibal trial, killers, adulterers or dishonest politicians. Even a story in the paper with 12 million readers about a Berlin celebrity who broke up with her boyfriend took a positive approach: "Great news, Djamila Rowe is single again."