Word: frankfurter
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...technology gap? How real is it? Commerce Secretary John Connor, an adept at soothing utterances, suggests that it could more accurately be called an "industrial disparity." Whatever the name, Europe shows real enough symptoms of the condition. Everywhere about him, the European sees American products and processes. When a Frankfurt businessman rises in the morning, he may well reach for a Gillette razor blade, Colgate toothpaste, and hair lotion that comes in a bottle made by an Owens-Illinois subsidiary. After he downs his Maxwell instant coffee with Libby condensed milk, his wife, trim in her Lycra stretch bra, kisses...
...called West Germany's "unovercome" Nazi past. Dr. Martens, now a West Berlin surgeon of 71, was shown telling how he almost lost his head. Then came readily identifiable shots of Dr. Klingsiek, now a prosperous Herford physician, driving home in his Mercedes-Benz to what a Frankfurt newspaper later called his "luxurious villa." With out actually naming "this main prosecution witness" against Martens, the commentator said ironically: "As you can see, he is doing well...
...cucurbitaceous shape and Dolly Sister face and on Ullett's saturnine suavity. Put them both in riff-R.A.F. hats and let them pose as World War II briefing officers, and things quickly get out of hand. Announcing that tonight's mission will be over Frankfurt, Ullett pauses to inquire: "Who's flown before? I see. Can anyone drive? Oh good. Stand up so they can see you. You'll be flight leader. The rest of you divide up in groups of three and decide among yourselves who'll be pilot and navigator...
Authorities abroad closed Intra's branches in Paris, London and Frankfurt. New York's state banking superintendent seized control of the Manhattan branch to protect its depositors. When the three largest U.S. banks (Bank of America, Chase Manhattan and First National City) defied the superintendent's demand to turn over $2,529,000 of Intra deposits-on the ground that the defunct bank owed them more than that elsewhere-he sued for the money. Some bankers fear that this wrangle could lead to retaliation against U.S. banks abroad...
...Boss," as he is known to his employees, spends ten or more hours a day in his Frankfurt office, decides everything down to the price of a handkerchief. Just about his only diversion is horseback riding, which he does so well that he won the world dressage championship in Bern last summer. Although the firm's shares are sold publicly-and will be listed this week on German stock exchanges-Neckermann and his family own 51.8% of the stock, and there are no other big shareholders...