Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...choice of American Studies as the topic of the Seminar turned out to be a good one. Not only did it insure the presence of students who know English, but also it gave the Europeans problems to consider other than their own, a chance to talk about subjects which were not restricted by their national borders. And with the United States holding such an important position in European affairs, the six-week sessions at the Seminar have been able to correct many misconceptions about America...
Without regard to nationality or political belief, preference in student selection is given to those who plan to teach or enter public life, in order to spread the influence of the Seminar as widely as possible. Application are screened by European student organizations and teachers, and final choice is made after an interview with the Executive Director, Professor John Finch of Dartmouth. All students attend the Seminar without cast to themselves, and where necessary they have their travelling expenses paid...
...installations on the Iberian Peninsula would be under constant short-range bombing attack and exceptionally tough to supply; the Pyrenees are a poor barrier against airborne invasion, and nowhere near as impregnable as the Spanish like to think. Spain is fundamentally an unattractive place from which to flight a European war. There is no military justification for supporting Franco...
They had launched the Intra-European Payments plan, also known as "the little EGA." This is an important financial device which has had marked success loosening log jams in European trade. The Italians, for example, cannot buy goods from Belgium because they lack Belgian currency. The Belgians, therefore, agree to grant the Italians the necessary exchange to buy Belgian goods. Then EGA in Washington reimburses the Belgians with an equivalent grant in ECAid. Thus the U.S. dollar works "twice"-for the Belgians, and through them for the Italians. This device has released some 810 million U.S. dollars of intra-European...
...Gosh . . . Whew." After that, Belle's life really began. It was a life of European tours, of chats with kings and diplomats ("Ah, the grandeur I played around with"), and the formidable sight of old Pierpont eating his breakfast ("Gosh . . . whew! It was huge"). But mostly Belle's days were spent in her library, bustling in brocade along the corridors ("Where the hell's The City of God?"), rustling among the Rembrandt etchings or answering letters from scholars and collectors all over the world...