Word: germanized
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Cries for Relief. Europeans, putting on a more hopeful look than the airpower-minded U.S., also see the announcement as proof of their basic assumption since Geneva: that the Soviet no longer fears attack from the West and plans none of its own. Already, German Social Democrats and Free Democrats are demanding "a serious review" of West Germany's projected rearmament. In Britain a group of 55 Laborites led by Nye Bevan declared that the reduction "made it clear that the challenge of Communism is economic, social and political-not military," and demanded the end of conscription and reduced...
While the West pulled itself together, Russia briskly put its new program on display by ordering the first of 30,000 troops out of East Germany amid moving farewells from German comrades and pledges of undying gratitude. Nothing was said about the 235,000 Russian soldiers who will remain there...
...Diplomats. But whether the subject was disarmament, German reunification, or Foreign Minister Christian Pineau's pet plan for channeling aid to underdeveloped countries through the U.N., reported Paris' Le Monde, it was "a dialogue between deaf men." Once Khrushchev rasped something that startled Mollet into an amazed grin. "I amuse you, don't I?" roared Khrushchev. "If I speak bluntly, it's because I'm not a diplomat." Schoolmasterly Socialist Mollet responded: "Neither...
...GERMAN UNIFICATION (with great vigor): If Khrushchev offered to negotiate with West Germany bilaterally on unification, "there would be no response whatsoever. It is nonsense to believe that the Soviets who were not prepared to give us reunification in peace and liberty with the other powers, would give it to us alone. They only want to bargain. In their eyes, German reunification is one of several objectives from which they want to get as much as possible. Khrushchev has said that he is willing to wait until I have disappeared...
...Stuttgart, U.S. Mezzo-Soprano Grace Hoffman was asked to sing Amneris in Aïda, despite the fact that she had to sing in Italian while the rest of the cast sang in German. She wowed the crowd. In Amsterdam, U.S. Coloratura Soprano Marilyn Tyler accepted a rush call to sing Violetta in La Traviata, although she sang in unpopular German while the rest of the cast sang in Italian. After the first act, a year's contract was offered to her. In Munich, U.S. Tenor Howard Vandenburg arrived unannounced, auditioned and was hired on the spot. All over...