Word: german
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Those desires are unrealistic at present, because the Christian Democrats refuse to go along with them. Many of them, on the contrary, favor a return to a far tougher line with the Soviet bloc and argue that West German concessions are likely only to encourage Ulbricht to tighten his grip on West Berlin. As they see it, deals between the two Germanys ultimately would erode the allied responsibility for West Berlin, still the city's best guarantee for safety...
...debate, the Grand Coalition of Christian Democrats and Socialists decided to take a few short-range measures to bolster Berlin somewhat, to encourage investment in the city and arrange for more air travel to and from it. Meanwhile, West Germany's NATO allies agreed to ban many East German businessmen and officials from their countries and to levy a $5 fee on travel documents for other East Germans visiting Western Europe. The steps were mild enough, but they were all the West seemed prepared to do for now to counter the new threat to the continued well-being...
Lieut. Colonel William R. Corson would be an unusual soldier in any man's army. He speaks Malay, Vietnamese, and three dialects of Chinese, reads Russian, French and German. He is completing a doctoral thesis on China's finances. A slum kid who dropped out of high school, he won a university scholarship at 15, studied as a mathematician under the late Nobel prize winner Enrico Fermi. He fought the Japanese as a World War II Marine, won a master's degree in economics and political science, and fought in Korea and Viet Nam as a tank...
Consider that rogue Italo Bombolini, the shrewd, Machiavellian mayor who outwits half the German high command and successfully spirits 1,320,000 bottles of vintage vermouths and robust red wines from the Nazis in Robert Crichton's best-selling 1966 novel, The Secret of Santa Vittoria. Indeed a difficult part for an actor, calling for a subtle combination of gentle foolishness and hardheaded Italian moxie. So naturally Producer Stanley Kramer picked an Irishman, born in Mexico, who hails from Hollywood: Anthony Quinn, 52, who has been studiously preparing for his role as the rascally wine merchant by tippling Cinzano...
...middle-aged Americans, they can also be embarrassments with commercials. Did the public truly love those painful Blondie pictures so much that Hollywood made 28 of them? How did Turhan Bey ever become a star? Did anyone really take Errol Flynn seriously in Desperate Journey, after he sabotaged German munitions plants, hijacked a Nazi bomber and shouted: "Now for Australia and a crack at those Japs...