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this time for sure

Ulrike Meinhof on the Brink

1969, just prior to going underground. She looks, here, simply depressed - the body language screams at you - agitated and heavy at the same time. Not a good way to be:

Here she is in 1967, groomed and made-up, speaking on television. Some of the mannerisms are there - the downward glance, looking away - but she turns back to face the camera, speaks emphatically, raises her eyebrows in punctuation. The self-presentation is challengingly articulate and intelligent; this is not some yahoo malcontent ranting about the evils of society, but a serious person defending a serious position:

Lieber w?tend als traurig.