Like a prophet of doom, Franz Beckenbauer, who led Germany's bid, hinted that his country would be successful to South Africa's team at a hotel in Zurich, Switzerland.

贝肯鲍尔，就像一个末日预言一般，带领着德国申办团队，暗示他的国家会在瑞士苏黎世酒店胜过南非。

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Jonathan Carr's life of Mahler, written between stints as a correspondent in Germany for this paper, refutes the myth of Mahler the prophet of doom either society's or his own.

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