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An employee restocks a machine with lead at the Faber-Castell pencil factory in Stein, Germany. Treating workers well has paid dividends for the company, the firm's owner said. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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First-year apprentices Leonie Burgmaier (left) and Lisa Beckhold work at Deutsche WorkStation, a firm in Dresden, Germany, that produces custom interiors for yachts, offices and hotels. The firm recruits craftsmen out of apprenticeship programs. It has 25 apprentices on its total staff of 250. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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Faber-Castell employee Jeane Pufala takes pencils out of a hanger after they've dried at the pencil factory in Stein, near Nuremberg in Germany. Faber-Castell is one of the world's largest manufacturers of pens, pencils, and other office supplies and art supplies. (Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times)

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A Syrian street vendor sits outside Damascus Castle in the old section of Damascus, Syria. Historic mosques, churches and markets have been smashed by shelling and looters have stolen artifacts from excavations and museums.

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Prince George's County Sheriff Melvin High prays following communion at the annual Blue Mass honoring law enforcement and public safety officials Tuesday, May 8, 2012 at St. Patrick's in the City in Northwest Washington, D.C. (Barbara L. Salisbury/The Washington Times)

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Details of watches (here the backside of the watch "Zurich") from Nomos Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Details of watches (here the watch "Tangente") from Nomos Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Details show the craftsmanship: the self-winding movement "Epsilon" is assembled by expert watch makers by hand in the timepiece manufactory, the so called "Chronometrie", of the enterprise Nomos Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Details show the craftsmanship: the self-winding movement "Epsilon" is assembled by expert watch makers by hand in the timepiece manufactory, the so called "Chronometrie", of the enterprise Nomos Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Exterior view of the timepiece manufactory, the so called "Chronometrie", of the enterprise Nomos Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Watchmaker Ulrike Pohl is testing and adjusting assembled movements on computer-controlled timing machines in the adjustment section (called "reglage") of the timepiece manufactory, the so called "Chronometrie", of the enterprise Nomos Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Exterior view of the former train station of the small town Glashutte, taken on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Today here is the central office and the production site for the small parts for the movements for watches of watchmaker Nomos Glashutte housed. Nomos is one of only a few watchmakers worldwide with the designation of manufactory. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.

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Portrait of Uwe Ahrendt, CEO of the German watch manufacturer Nomos Glashutte, standing in the final inspection room inside the timepiece manufactory (the so called "Chronometrie") on Thursday, May 26, 2012. Before the watches will be dispatched, they are tested on watch-winders. Christian Burkert/Special to The Washington Times.