Word: denmark
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Road Hog. In Baekke, Denmark, a befuddled autoist honked impatiently behind an auto wrecker that hogged the road for 12½ miles, later protested angrily to the salvage company, learned to his chagrin that he was the drunk the wrecker had been towing home...
...Three (Britain, France, Russia) decided that she needed a king, surveyed Europe's better princelings. They chose Otto of Bavaria, one of the highly unstable Wittelsbachs, who took 30 years to get himself dethroned. Next choice was a 17-year-old Prince of Denmark, who reigned 50 years, but was assassinated; his son Constantin was twice exiled, his grandson Alexander died after being bitten by his pet monkey; and his grandson George II has been in exile twice to date...
...realize rightly "that Denmark's national pride-would stand in the way of a sale," but . . . don't you think it would be fair to ask the Greenlanders if they want to be sold to the United States? . . . The answer is No. ... They pledged their faithfulness to the Danish King. They consider themselves as Danish citizens, and they want to remain Danish citizens...
These two facts you left out of your article, and they are far more important than 800,000 square miles of land and ice and $70 million which Denmark owes the U.S. investors. It may be true that it is "more dollar exchange than Copenhagen can easily raise," but . . . this is more than a question of national pride and dollars. It is a question of vital significance to all small countries in the world. They have been given the impression that the United States fought for the same principles that they themselves believe in; but if the United States...
Copenhagen, Denmark...