Word: aachener
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...brief span of years in the 9th century, through a combination of armed might and wisdom, the Prankish King Charlemagne succeeded in establishing a measure of unity in war-torn Europe. Last week, 1,142 years after Charlemagne's burial in Aix la-Chapelle (the German city of Aachen), Sir Winston Churchill journeyed to Aachen to accept its Charlemagne Prize* for his own efforts to promote European understanding...
...contrast, Germany's Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, only a year younger, seemed almost youthful as he bustled about, looking solicitously to the welfare of his guest. Rheumy-eyed and bowed with fatigue, Churchill, at Lady Churchill's side, doggedly dragged his weight up the 23 steps into Aachen's city hall, putting on a brave show for the 5,000 Germans gathered in the square to greet...
...Fire. Once inside, however, there were 52 more steps to be negotiated. To spare the old man's pride and health together, the city fathers of Aachen had herded the 300 invited guests into the auditorium ahead of Sir Winston, then, discreetly sealing'the staircase from prying eyes, had the great guest carried up by four city firemen...
...should resign as scheduled, he has no intention of leaving the House of Commons. At 80, he has plans to travel to Russia as a "private person," just as his father did; to visit Germany and receive the Charlemagne Prize (for services to European unity) from the city of Aachen. He would continue to live at Chartwell, his lovely home in Kent, going to the House of Commons on special occasions to deliver speeches to which all the world would still listen...
Germany's alarmed pigeon fanciers have now engaged Professor Abraham Esau, radar specialist in Aachen's Technical School, to look into the situation. Dr. Esau is sure that birds are guided by some type of electromagnetic waves. If scientists can find out what waves confuse a bird's "instruments," they may learn how the mysterious sense works...