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Word: denmark (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...world; second place, Britain, with 1,350,000; third, Canada, with 90,000 (though it has no TV transmitters operating yet and must eavesdrop on U.S. telecasts). Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, France and the Soviet Union follow, with 30,000 to 50,000 sets each, with Germany, The Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland and Argentina far behind. By this fall, Canada and seven Latin American nations expect to be televising their own shows...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio & TV: TV Thaw | 4/21/1952 | See Source »

...nerve center for sorting international astronomy developments and passing on recent events to the world at large. Harvard Announcement Cards give detailed facts concerning news developments to subscribing obsevatories and individuals. Telegraph and cable relay to both North and South America with the most significant immediate results. Copenhagen, Denmark, is the clearing house of the Eastern Hemisphere...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Shapley Reign Spurs Observatory To Lead World in Research | 4/12/1952 | See Source »

...following is a list of the official rates of exchange per one U.S. dollar as of March 15. Country Rate Austria (Schilling) 25.83 Belgium (B. Franc) 50 Canada (C. Dollar) par Denmark (Krone) 6.89 Egypt (Pound) 2.89 England (Pound) 2.80 Finland (Mark) 232 France (Fr. Franc) 350 Germany (Mark) 4.20 Holland (Florin) 3.84 India (Rupee) 4.76 Ireland (Pound) 2.80 Italy (Lira) 624 Mexico (Peso) .1160 Norway (Krone) 7.14 Portugal (Escudo) 28.50 So. Africa (Pound) 2.82 Spain (Peseta) 39.00 Sweden (Krona) 5.13 Switzerland (S. Franc) 4.37 Turkey (Livre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Knowledge of Foreign Currency Exchange Is Essential for Vacation Travel Abroad | 4/9/1952 | See Source »

...Plan. SHAPE divided its front into three parts: a central stronghold of Western Europe, with flanks on the north (Norway, Denmark) and south (Italy and the Mediterranean). Commands were set up in each sector. An international staff at SHAPE, under General Alfred M. Gruenther, centralized all planning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Statesman's Report | 4/7/1952 | See Source »

...Danish Foreign Office announced that it would officially protest the Hollywood story of Hans Christian Andersen starring jittery Comic Danny Kaye. The Copenhagen newspaper Politiken quickly added its support: "Reports from Hollywood indicate that the cobbler's son from Odense, Denmark, shall now be known to history as the singing and dancing hero from a $4,000,000 Technicolor show. Is it really permitted to distort the life of great men in such reckless manner?" Danny's considered opinion: "I think the people of Denmark will like the picture. I don't do any scat singing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Young Ideas | 3/24/1952 | See Source »

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