Word: german
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...former realm of the Habsburgs. Thus it came as no surprise to Austrians that when the state-run Kunsthistorisches Museum recently opened a "new gallery," in a suite in Vienna's old Imperial palace, it turned out to be filled with 120 paintings by 19th century French and German artists. The collection had been taken down shortly after the Anschluss of 1938, and not been on display since. Any other country would have hustled them onto museum walls-if only to lure a few tourists-but the Austrian government allowed them to molder in a disused salt mine...
...twin to one in Moscow's Push kin Museum. Also on view are outstand ing paintings by Cezanne, Delacroix, Millet, Manet, Monet, Degas and Corot. But, for many critics, the most exciting works were four oils and two sepia sketches of the view through his window by the German Romantic, Caspar David Friedrich, who died in 1840. Their misty vistas and eerily precise draftsmanship emphasize the mystic tie that binds Goethian romanticism to 20th century gothic surrealism...
...German auto industry (see following story) is first in Brazil, with Volkswagen. A dozen other U.S. and European carmakers are also on the scene. Ford has assembled trucks in Brazil since 1919, completely built them there since 1957, but until recently has stayed out of the passenger-car field. Five months ago, Ford began building Galaxies in Brazil; by May they were selling almost as well as Willys-Over-land's boxy Aero-Willys and Itamaratys. Impressed by the possibilities, Ford bid to buy out its nearest competitor and acquire not only better production plants but also a more...
Nothing brings a more purposeful expression to the face of a German motorist than the glimpse of another car fast overtaking from the rear. Usually, his reaction is to tramp on the accelerator and do battle. But the prudent motorist respectfully pulls into the right lane when he sees a blue and white me dallion on a weasel-like grille barreling down upon him. And with good reason, for it is the emblem of the sleek five-seater produced by the Bayerische Motoren Werke. The BMW can outperform and overtake almost any standard German car on the autobahn. This year...
While such giants as Volkswagen, Opel (G.M.) and Taunus (Ford) have cut back production to meet declining demand, BMW in Munich has been turning out its cars at full two-shift capacity. In the first five months of 1967, overall German car sales dropped 18%. At the same time, BMW increased its own turnover by precisely the same percentage, expects to reach the $250 million mark in total sales this year...