Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...equal shares-not by increasing the number of their flights but by getting Washington to force U.S. airlines to cut back. The British thus want to replace the Bermuda agreement with something closer to the sharing practice prevalent in Europe, where state-subsidized airlines divvy up flight schedules among European countries on an even-Stephen basis and in some cases even pool revenues...
This time out, Koestler offers what he clearly intends to be an astounding fact-that the majority of the world's 14 million Jews are not Semites. Most European and American Jews, he advises, should not trace their origins to the tents of Jacob but rather to the yurts of 7th century Caucasian nomads known as Khazars. With their fair skin, reddish hair and blue eyes, the Khazars were not what is usually regarded as Semites. They spoke a kind of old Turkish, but their origins remain hidden...
Beyond these differences of opinion, both Bonn and Washington agree that the ties between both countries have never been stronger. Bonn remains firmly convinced that "there is no European security without the United States...
...refuse the leadership of Western Europe. "That would be premature, if not impossible," a German diplomat said in a recent interview. "The German nation feels too vulnerable politically, militarily, and psychologically to accept such a difficult responsibility. How can you expect us to assume a greater role in European affairs when we cannot even guarantee our own security? The Soviets view the rise of our political and economic influence with great suspicion. With 19,000 Warsaw Pact tanks stationed on our borders we cannot afford to become anything that would resemble the Germany of old. The Soviets would never tolerate...
...Leadership may come in the future but for now let me say that the German people are happy not to be outcasts anymore, that they can call themselves Germans without bowing their heads in shame. We have rebuilt our nation and we have taken our rightful place in the European community. We are committed to democratic ideals, European unity, and the Atlantic Alliance. We have come out of the desert...