Word: germane
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Even so, Carter's handling of the mass firings caused Europeans to cluck in wonder. A high-ranking West German Foreign Ministry official asked: "Is this serious, or is this just a great religious exercise for the soul?" Oslo's middle-roading daily Verdens Gang called the Washington situation a "circus" and a "balancing act without a safety net." Concluded London's conservative Daily Mail: "From this side of the Atlantic, Jimmy Carter's frenzied efforts to revive his personal standing with voters before the next presidential election look more like a narcissistic charade than...
...rest of the non-Communist countries, which use the greenback to settle most international trade deals. Even before Carter's actions last week, the dollar had been slipping, as some financially important countries, including Saudi Arabia, sold American currency from their monetary reserves in exchange for West German marks and British pounds...
...upset in the international exchange markets. The Federal Reserve Board also poured some $2 billion into the foreign exchanges to buy dollars, and at week's end the slide was stemmed. Still, in the past month the dollar has lost roughly 5% of its value against the West German mark, Swiss franc, French franc and British pound...
...book seemingly has other and more unsavory functions. One is to encourage the xenophobia that still has a strong hold on the many Russian chauvinists in the elite, who believe that alien forces have caused their homeland's troubles down through the ages. One handy target is the German-born Alexandra, who is described in the novel as a featherbrained traitor to Russia. Pikul's fictional Tsar Alexander III is quoted as saying of his future daughter-in-law and her German relatives, "I have a feeling they have a lot in their pants but very little under...
Like waterskiing, wind-surfing requires balance and agility, as well as a sailor's feel for the wind. The German and Dutch Olympic sailing teams require their athletes to train on wind-surfing boards in order to improve their coordination and hone their sail-trimming skills. Standing on the board, a windsurfer grasps the wishbone-shaped boom and steers his craft by tilting the sail: when the boom is pushed forward, the boat heads off-wind; when pulled aft, it heads into the wind. Since the sail is mounted on a universal joint, it is free to move...