Word: denmark
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pulpit in the gaunt Cathedral of St. Pierre the speakers discussed their project : a World Council of Churches which would bring the joint influence of Protestant and Orthodox Churches to bear on world affairs. Last week's decision : the first council will meet in Holland or Denmark in 1948. Meanwhile, the World Council will continue material relief of war-ravaged countries. General budget for 1946: $4,000,000. Biggest contributors: U. S. Lutherans...
Shapley will go globe-trotting again on Saturday when he takes off from New York for Copenhagen, Denmark, where the International Astronomical Union will hold a two-week confab. "We shall not ask Maj. Gen. Groves," he reminds us, "what he thinks about orbital calculations...
...Denmark, the largest shipyards stopped for eight hours. Reason: shipworkers did not like Premier Knud Kristensen's anti-Communist talk...
...himself anything but a softie. It moves swiftly and mounts steadily with the crackle of great melodrama. It cuts boldly across whole scenes-there are no gravediggers, no "Alas, poor Yorick," no obsequies for Ophelia. It cuts boldly across time: Actor Evans has laid it in a 19th-Century Denmark of waltzes and tight trousers...
...Paris, Prince Peter of Greece has announced that he will take up residence in Denmark and devote himself to writing books. He recently completed a book on Eurasian highways. "Royalty," he announced, "is going somewhat out of style these days...