Word: christiane
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ultimatum." retorted Britain's Selwyn Lloyd-and, in fact, Gromyko's terms amounted to little more than a revival of the original "Get-out-of-Berlin" ultimatum that Khrushchev served on the West last November, to be effective after six months (May 27). U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter, in his outrage, made a solitary trip to Gromyko's villa to warn the Russian Foreign Minister that "the early days of next week will determine the outcome of the conference." Deliberately, Herter let slip the fact that his plane was on stand-by notice, and when Gromyko...
...Scoundrel." In fact, the last word-Adenauer's word-had been spoken while Erhard was still over the Atlantic. The returning minister might have sensed it by the conspicuous absence among the crowds at the airport of any welcoming delegation from his Christian Democratic colleagues who had earlier muttered revolt against the Chancellor's highhandedness. For 48 hours it had seemed possible that this rebellious parliamentary spirit and the clamor of the press might become a force big enough to oust the 83-year-old Chancellor, clearing the way for Erhard...
...Adenauer got tougher at a meeting of the party executive. He sent Bundestag President Eugen Gerstenmaier raging from the room with a sneering, "I know you don't like me. You never liked me." Then he demanded a loyalty pledge from the full Christian Democratic parliamentary caucus. Shaken by his thunder and his vast reputation, and frightened of a disastrous party split, the dissenters meekly voted ja, approving a statement that "by unanimous decision the party agreed to form a united front in defense of the Chancellor...
Political Lecture. Having put down the rank and file, Adenauer was ready to deal with Erhard himself. Already a bitter joke was circulating: Adenauer should get an honorary degree in medicine for being "able to break the spine of 270 Christian Democratic parliamentarians without spilling one drop of blood." Morning after Erhard's arrival, party go-betweens took him to the Palais Schaumburg to hear soothing words from Adenauer, accompanied by a brisk lecture on the mathematics of political survival. Adenauer conceded that Erhard, with the help of perhaps 30 or 40 Christian Democrats, might be able to collect...
...days beforehand, news stories went round the world direly reporting that nothing less than freedom itself was at stake in Sicily. And as the time came for Sicilians to elect a new regional assembly, Christian Democratic orators by the Fiat-ful raced about the island tirelessly echoing the warning of Italy's Premier Antonio Segni: "We must be on our guard if we are not to awaken in the bear hug of Communism...