Word: donee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...said pudgy Opposition Leader Erich Ollenhauer. Erhard sat silent and unsmiling on the government bench while Adenauer taunted the Socialist: "Herr Ollenhauer is always saying I am inflexible, and now he is accusing me of changing my mind." Unmoved by all the criticism, Adenauer wound up: "What I have done, I have done for the good of the German people...
...stark warning by Commerce Minister Alberto Ullastres that something drastic must be done to save the Spanish economy (TIME, June 15), 50 small and medium-sized factories in hard-hit Barcelona announced a "suspension of payments," a legal state just this side of actual bankruptcy that defers debt payments and allows a company to lay off help (otherwise forbidden by law). In a land where newspapers print no unpleasant news, word spread that the big (3,000 employees) Euskalduna shipyard and the Basconia steel mill in Bilbao were also about to lay off their work forces, and so was Madrid...
...Federation of British Industries' $3,000,000 fair in Lisbon might do much to woo Portuguese trade away from the Germans. But by the time Margaret's visit ended last week, there was little joy or tenderness left in Lisbon. "Everything the British embassy has done," snorted 0 Século, "has been as if Portugal were too dangerous for people to visit...
...Welfare Minister Elena Mederos: "In five months you have done absolutely nothing...
...redecorating the conservative, antique-filled lobby of the main plant in St. Paul. Recalls she: "I went extremely modern, but before the paint was dry, the executives were crying that I was ruining the place. My husband told them to stay out of the lobby until it was done. Then they loved...