Word: germanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Jimmy is impatient. "My rocket wasn't any more crude than that of Von Braun [Dr. Wernher von Braun, one of the creators of the German V-2 and now chief of Redstone's Guided Missile Development Division] when he started experimenting," he said. "I want to talk to him if I can, and see what I need to do to improve my rocket. They didn't say it wouldn't fly, just that it was dangerous...
...westbound traffic) are often pinched for cash, the shop in 1954 started a mail-order business that allows tourists to bring in their purchases duty-free up to six months after their arrival in the U.S. Top-selling items: Irish whisky (50,000 gals, in 1955), French perfumes, German cameras (1,000 a month), Swiss watches, and American cigarettes at $1.40 a carton. Last week, with 90,000 mail-order catalogues floating through Europe and the U.S., Shannon started expanding its counter space for the second time. Said an old Shannon hand: "You could sell an elephant here...
West Germany, which agreed to attend the London conference, did so out of unwillingness to offend Britain, France and the U.S. The West Germans would much rather stay home. They have business interests of their own to develop in the Arab Middle East and do not want to incur Arab hostility. In such an event they fear that Nasser's revenge might be to recognize Communist East Germany, which would compel Chancellor Adenauer to make good on his threat to break off relations with any nation that recognizes the East German government...
Nefertete's bust, also a splendid experiment , found long and deep refuge in the Nile's mud and sand. It was brought to life at last by a German expedition of 1912. Amazingly well-preserved the bust lacks only bits from the ears, a royal viper from the crown and one rock-crystal...
From the copper mines of Sikkim to the oilfields of Assam, Russian traders and technicians traipsed through India last week, offering cut-rate rubles, big-brotherly advice and back-scratching barter deals. Czech engineers mapped roads in the mountainous north. East German technicians scouted sites for India's first raw film factory. In central Bhilai, Russian specialists supervised construction of a steel mill for which Russian moneymen had advanced some $100 million at 2½%, about half the interest rate proposed by Western lenders...