Word: german
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though the Soviets would greatly prefer Brandt to Strauss-who they suspect will want nuclear weapons for West Germany-the Russians fear that any overtures to Bonn would enrage their most loyal allies, the East Germans and Poles. Such a departure would also ruin their rationale for having intervened in Czechoslovakia to crush an alleged West German plot to pull that country into the West's orbit. As last week's events in Czechoslovakia showed, the Soviets may need an excuse to remain there for some time...
Combat Pay. Capp compares student activists to Nazis. "They are absolutely the most ill-educated bunch the world has ever seen. They have no sense of history; that's why we have to relive the age of the Brownshirts, when students marched into German universities and took them over." Why are campus disorders spreading? "When they rip up one campus and all that happens is that their right to use the ice-cream-bar machine is revoked for one hour, what do you expect?" Should marijuana be legalized? "By all means. Also murder, rape and arson-then we could...
Undaunted by Chicago's reputation, Conductor Georg Solti has decided that if Reiner could win that kind of fray, he can too. Perhaps the fact that Solti is also a Hungarian with distinct Germanic musical preferences had something to do with his decision to sign on for three years. Certainly, any conductor would think twice before turning down the Chicago offer. It reportedly pays $90,000 a year, and though Solti will be responsible for planning the orchestra's entire year, he will only have to conduct three months of subscription concerts. But the overriding reason...
...bypass the Suez canal. Consumer goods, notably more than $10 million worth of autos, took up a good share of the total. Though many Israelis still flatly refuse even to ride in a Volkswagen-and more than just a few North American Jews will not consider buying VWs-German autos outsold those of all other nations in Israel last year. Volkswagen led the list, with sales of more than 1,500, and the VW dealer in Jerusalem, Abraham Tawfiq, expects to triple his sales this year...
...fruits of commercial fraternization are also growing fast on German ground. In 1968, West Germans bought $56 million worth of Jaffa oranges, polished diamonds, flowers, tires and other goods. Their purchases amounted to 10% of Israel's total exports. Last month thousands of Stuttgart residents strolled the city's main streets, peering into shop windows that displayed jewelry, clothes and other products during an "Israeli Week." Trade between the two nations is certain to go up much farther, according to officials of both. Partly because of a 40% tariff cut on citrus, just granted by the Common Market...