Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ministers' vague plan redefines Algeria (estimated pop. 8,750,000 Moslems, 1,200,000 Europeans) as "an integral part of France," leaves defense, foreign policy, finance and justice to Paris, provides for splitting Algeria into three to six locally autonomous territories, some predominantly European, others predominantly Moslem. As a concession to the Arabs, the "double-college" voting procedure, under which Europeans elect as many representatives as the far more numerous Moslems, was eliminated...
...usual the Western Hemisphere attracted the most dollars-$1.8 billion-yet Europe got $500 million in new investments, will probably get more this year as U.S. companies hurry to build plants in expectation of a tariff-free Common European Market...
...basic tension, as in all such international church gatherings, will be between U.S. churchmen, who tend to be impatient of theological lacemaking in favor of practical action, and their European colleagues, especially the Germans, who are inclined to explore the theoretical ramifications .before rolling up their sleeves...
...worked their way up, 400 ft. an hour. They had topped Grand Pilastre's crest by 10 a.m., climbed another eight hours over easier ground. At 6 p.m. they scrambled at last atop the great peak of Mont Blanc. They descended by an easier route. Next day, as European newspapers front-paged their feat, Walter Bonatti went skiing for exercise...
Part of the secret of West Germany's industrial recovery is the climate of free enterprise created by Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard. He has also pushed tax concessions and government-backed credits for exports, trimmed away many of the restrictions that plague business in other European countries. Today, 90% of all the goods flowing into West Germany from the dollar area have no import quotas v. 67% three years ago. Although there are some limits on foreign investment by German businessmen, they are so high as to be almost meaningless...