Word: german
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...grey Cadillac sedan calls for Gardner at his Chevy Chase, Md., home, and he usually jots down his day's agenda on a lined yellow pad during the 35-minute drive to his office. On Gardner's desk is a copy of an aphorism written in German by an unknown author: "Das Beste is gut genug"-the best is good enough. Behind the desk is a framed photo of the President with the inscription, "Now, John, I mean it. We must cut down on spending...
...difference in politics. That dominant personality of the European scene, Charles de Gaulle, could barely conceal his distaste for professional Ludwig Erhard, West Germany's last Chancellor-not to mention his distaste for Erhard's pro-American policies. The result was some bad days for Franco-German cooperation, formally set up by treaty in 1963. Last week, when West Germany's new Chancellor, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, made his first official visit to Paris, De Gaulle met a man whose mind and manners he could admire. Learned and elegant, a longtime friend of France whose own Swabian home...
Some Skepticism. Beyond the civilities, serious discussions occupied their two days of talks in the handsome Elysee Palace. Much of the talk centered on De Gaulle's favorite topic: building bridges to Eastern Europe. After years of West German foot-dragging on East-West contacts, Kiesinger wants to follow France's example, but, he confessed to De Gaulle, the Eastern European nations remain skeptical of West German intentions. De Gaulle offered to instruct French ambassadors in Eastern European capitals to use their influence to convince the Poles, Czechs and everyone else that the Germans have indeed reformed. Furthermore...
Kiesinger reiterated the West German view that the doors of the Common Market should be opened to Britain and the other six members of the Euro pean Free Trade Association. De Gaulle was unmoved, holding to his position that Britain under Prime Minister Har old Wilson has excluded itself by remaining linked to the Commonwealth and the U.S. Sighed Kiesinger later to newsmen: "Wilson will not have an easy time when he comes here...
...Miss Bernays has infused the article with a quiet humor which makes her well-chosen examples all the more revealing: "Granted, the Harmonie Club had done its utmost to blanket its essential character, thereby losing out in gemutlichkeit (like a deodorized delicatessen), but it was still a club for German Jews." In her treatment of the persistent and uncomfortable problem of disentangling the cultural and religious aspects of Judaism Miss Bernays is intentionally inconclusive. The implication is that merely understanding one's cultural past does not provide practical solutions to its inconsistencies. When her daughter asks why the family does...