Word: derfully
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...enable my successor to prepare-for the 1965 election campaign" added the key words, "that is, by the middle of the legislative term." That means late next year, and his coalition partners, the Free Democrats, mean to hold him to his promise, although no one would seriously object if der Alte stayed on just long enough to celebrate his 88th birthday (Jan. 5, 1964) in the Palais Schaumburg...
Although the old man still has a lot of strength in him, the end of the Adenauer era is indeed in sight. No more eloquent evidence was needed than the voting list when it came time to reconfirm der Alte in his office as C.D.U. party chairman. For the first time in anyone's memory, Adenauer did not win the party's overwhelming consent; in fact, 15% of the delegates abstained or voted against...
...while it seemed as if modern architecture, led by Chicago's Mies van der Rohe, had found the solution for the modern city: glass skin on steel skeletons combined functionalism and efficiency with esthetic discipline. But at the annual meeting of the American Institute of Architects in Dallas, many members were in open revolt-and two buildings made headlines last week with an eloquence of their own to support the dissenters...
...probing talks with Moscow about Berlin. Not so. West Germany's craggy old Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, determined to prevent any deal at his country's expense, last week suddenly attacked Secretary of State Dean Rusk's negotiations with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin in Washington. Grumped der Alte to a press conference in West Berlin: "I have not the slightest belief that any result will be achieved...
...have to "make it easy'' for Britain to join, European leaders showed that they are in no mood for concessions. On the contrary, Konrad Adenauer warned that Britain has "interests different from those of Europe" and may not be able to pay the price of membership. Whether der Alte was threatening to block British admission, which he denied, or whether he was not too subtly raising the ante, his attitude was shared by many other Europeans, notably Charles de Gaulle...