Word: germanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...West Germany's President Theodor Heuss went about Washington on a genial state visit, the West German government last week informed the U.S. that it is no longer prepared to pay any costs of supporting U.S. troops in Germany. Bonn's note, described as "blunt," was not made public. Reportedly, the Germans explained that their recent $100 million troop-cost settlement with Britain (TIME, April 28) was simply an act of mutual aid to a NATO ally in economic difficulties and hence could not be regarded as a precedent for further payments to the U.S. The theory...
...West Germans still owe $77 million on last year's bill, which the U.S. agreed not to dun them for before the German elections. The elections have come and gone, but the money is yet to be seen. As Britain and France have cut their NATO manpower, and West Germany has at last begun to contribute its own troops to the alliance, Bonn has stiffened its attitude -on support costs, which many Germans choose to call "occupation costs." Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, an open foe of support payments, has even implied that if his government does agree...
...GERMAN VOLKSWAGENS are in such demand (a six-month wait in some U.S. cities) that U.S. dealers have started to buy used cars in West Germany for premium prices, ship them to U.S., sell them for new-model price (about...
...many high schools only one language is taught to any considerable extent, while at Andover, another one of America's large private schools, four years of training in Latin, Greek, French, Spanish, and German are available and a new series of courses in Russian is being started...
...Horace Mann, one of the largest, language courses depends on the number of students willing to take them and the availability of a teacher. A few years ago, two years of Latin and two of Spanish were the only languages taught. French was reintroduced recently, and a first-year German class is being formed for next fall...