Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...ashes and gutted cities of World War II, idealists tried to create a united Europe by means of a political idea: the Council of Europe. They failed. Then came the hardheaded soldiers and diplomats who wanted to "build Europe" through a European army in a common uniform-and in the ugly, fruitless debate over EDC, all the idealism almost went out of the European dream. Last week, somewhat to their surprise, Europeans found themselves being offered a third chance to build Europe. This time the approach was economic, and, surprisingly enough, the chances were good...
...chateau outside Brussels, a small corps of economists, technicians and bureaucrats have been at work to establish a common market (goods and workers moving as freely as between California and New York) among the six nations-France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands and Luxembourg-which belong to the European Coal and Steel Community. These planners have the backing of every government involved, and they mean business. Their plan calls...
...Permitting free movement of capital, thus making it easier for European industrialists to invest their money where it will be most productive...
Soil & Soul Zionism was sparked largely by oldtime European social democrats who relegated religion to second or even no place at all. In Israel, Orthodox believers and a secularist government still live in uneasy truce. But among U.S. Jews, this division has been largely ignored. The majority of U.S. Jews accepted Zionism so enthusiastically, mixing its political aims with their faith's ritualized nostalgia for the lost homeland, that most Orthodox rabbis and lay religious leaders have made a place for themselves in Zionism. They usually did so in one of two organizations: the 100,000-member Mizrachi Organization...
...jack of clubs. North took the trick and went on to run out the slam. The last of 224 hands played out in a week saw the U.S. gain a few paltry points. But it was far too late. The Italians, who had beaten the best in 16 European countries in order to meet the U.S. in the finals, were the world champions by a devastating score: 10,150 points...