Word: denmark
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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After sitting on the three-man U.N. committee that negotiated the Korean ceasefire, Pearson in 1952 was elected U.N. Assembly President. For his unruffled performance. Pearson was nominated by Denmark, with Britain and France, to succeed Lie as Secretary-General, once again was vetoed by the Russians. The job went to Dag Hammarskjold. In 1955 Pearson took off for Moscow at the invitation of Soviet Foreign Minister V. M. Molotov-something that no NATO Foreign Minister before him in the tense 1950s had done. Pearson talked trade with the Russians, "did my best to disabuse them of some of their...
EUROPE Austria 1,173.8 1,173.8 Belgium-Luxembourg 739.5 1,256.4 1,995.9 Denmark 300,3 605.3 905.6 France 5,175.6 4,262.4 9,438.0 West Germany 4,047 5 951.9 4,999.4 Berlin 131.0 131.0 Iceland 70.2 70.2 Ireland 146.2 146.2 Italy 3,463.3 2,292.5 5,755.8 The Netherlands 1,228.6 1,252.8 2,481.4 Norway 349.8 797.0 1,146.8 Poland 522.6 522.6 Portugal 152.1 336.6 488.7 Spain 1,1736 537.7 1,711.3 Sweden 108.9 108.9 United Kingdom 7,668.2 1,045.0 8,713.2 Yugoslavia 1,703.0 693.9 2,396.9 Regional...
...akvavit altogether. Bootleggers turned up furtively with the popular Brännvin akvavit, asking $20 for the bottle which normally sells for $5. "A disaster," muttered one Swede, waiting his turn in a Stockholm queue. In the south, some desperate Swedes were even hopping ferries across to Denmark to seek relief at Copenhagen bars...
...trained economist, Krag insisted that his Draconian measures are essential; more than any other nation in Europe, Denmark had staked its economic future on joining the Common Market along with Britain. When De Gaulle blackballed Britain's membership, France's President shrewdly promised Denmark immediate admission. Krag's reply was sharp and to the point: "We have no wish to be one of President De Gaulle's pieces in the political chess game with Britain. It is important that we keep our two major customers, Britain and West Germany, inside the same organization. It must...
...Krag's loyalty to his friends abroad hardly allayed his headaches at home. Racked by severe inflation, Denmark last year saw its trade deficit dangerously increased to $486 million, while its currency reserves were cut in half. In the last four years, Danish wages have risen 40%, production less than 20%. The stringent new economic program drew anguished cries from employers and the political opposition, but Krag curtly rejected the traditional Danish compromise. Krag's coalition government can undoubtedly squeeze the bill through Parliament by its usual one-vote majority, and the Danes will have to tighten their...