Word: germanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...seven times since the end of World War II), De Gaulle and his ministers proposed to introduce gradually, between now and 1960, a new "heavy franc," equivalent to 100 present francs and roughly close in value (20?) to two of the world's most respected monetary units-the German Deutsche Mark and the Swiss franc. (Frenchmen, said Pinay, will soon get used to dropping two zeros from all their figures...
Germany (to a German audience in 1945). "The world changes, and I firmly believe that henceforth there is every reason why you should be closer rather than farther from us. You will note that I have spoken only of the future and the present. This is not unintentional...
...Says German Conductor Hermann Scherchen: "I enjoy doing what other conductors don't want to do or can't do." Known to U.S. listeners-from his records only-as a master of the classical repertory, he is equally famed in Europe as the tireless proselytizer for modern music, the man who got hearings for Berg, Von Webern, Hindemith, Schoenberg, Milhaud long before their names had seeped into the record catalogues. Last week Conductor Scherchen was out plugging the work of another early comrade in music; in Frankfurt he conducted a series of packed performances of Igor Stravinsky...
...used before in movies) began three months ago with tape recordings of such fine opera stars as Soprano Anny Schlemma, Basso Oskar Czerwenka. At show time the taped music flowed through loudspeakers as more photogenic players performed and mouthed the words. "Sacrilege on the spirit of opera," cried one German critic, but most other opera buffs seemed delighted...
...friendly reporter, tough, cigar-smoking Bishop Dibelius, 78, pointed Up the gravity of the situation by citing one East German town of 20,000 in which only three of the 200 eligible children were confirmed-all the others participated in Youth Dedication ceremonies. "Obviously," said Dibelius, "the church is not simply going to write off these young people...