Mr. Fisher argues that a deep undercurrent of distrust runs beneath the entire German-American relationship.

Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld said the German-American relationship had been poisoned.

Nonetheless, the tear in the German-American relationship won't be patched up soon.

No matter who wins, the German-American relationship loses.

Suddenly, the clichés about the close German-American relationship seem hollow.

The newspaper aims to promote historical awareness, inform about current events and encourage critical thinking about German-American relationships.

But there never was a threat to a new German-American special relationship, since there never was such a special relationship to begin with.

German industrialists plan to visit the United States to talk up the value of the German-American relationship.

"It might be an opportunity to re-examine the German-American relationship since German reunification."

His words reflected a strained moment in a German-American relationship that has stood at the core of Germany's postwar growth into a European power.