Word: block
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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First of all, I gather from daily newspaper reading that de Gaulle wants to weld France and Germany into an economic block around which Italy, the Benelux countries, and perhaps others would revolve. Representing a population equal to that of the United States, this block is intellectually the most fertile region on the globe, and industrially close to the American potential...
...economic and, in time, political--can fall only to France or Germany. Here enters the German problem for France. The French can manage Western Germany, for the common fear of Germany would cast the smaller powers on France's side in a contest for primacy. And, through a European block, Germany would have a large market for her goods and the ability to make her weight felt in the world. Thus, a marriage de convenance could be effected between Paris and Bonn...
...Germany is reunited, each side will insist on neutrality and nonalignment with any block, including a new Western block under the French. Further, a reunited Germany would be too strong for France, who, along with other nations, would not accept German domination...
...French have put their name on the label, I surmise that de Gaulle will quietly "Europeanize" the bomb project, and bring in German technicians. The object of these efforts would be to increase the Continent's nuclear power to the point where it could annihilate the U.S.S.R. Then the block would have won its freedom both from fear of Russia, and from dependence on the United States for protection. In a race of intelligence, the Continent, though a late-comer, can compete with no misgivings...
...shop. Phoenix itself started modestly enough when, in 1915, the Woman's Club set up an Art Exhibition Committee to improve the quality of art shown at the Arizona State Fair. Even as late as 1940, Art Patroness Maie Bartlett Heard gave the city nearly a full city block for a civic center, only to find Phoenix citizens willing to contribute less than a third of the $1,000,000 required for the buildings...