Word: hermann
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...giant nutcracker. As the cruel Russian winter began in earnest, temperatures fell to 49° below zero. Frozen German corpses piled up like logs, many still clad in light uniforms. German rations ran out, and proud troops began to eat the flesh of horses, cats and rats. Hermann Goring's airlift brought only a fraction of the promised relief. The city's rubble grew so high that German tanks were unable to roll over it. Through it all, Hitler insisted that his generals stand firm, refusing to allow them to try to break out of the trap...
...special drawing rights." There is one big hangup: these "S.D.R.s" will probably not be activated until the U.S. and Britain markedly reduce their balance of payments deficits. But it is quite possible that by 1975 the S.D.R.s will increase the world's reserves by 25%. Says German Banker Hermann Abs approvingly: "It's like putting a paper tiger in your bank...
Florentine Jews who had managed to survive under Mussolini were suddenly in mortal danger. And to Hermann Goring and other shrewd predators, the wealth of Florentine art was irresistible. Long before the Allies approached the city, Wolf had assigned himself three dangerous tasks: to save lives, to prevent the plunder of the city's art, and to keep Florence from assault by having it declared an open city...
...idea of building a steel complex in the middle of sugar-beet fields, which led to the creation of the city of Salzgitter (pop. 120,000), was Reichsmarshal Hermann Göring's; the plants bore his name when opened in the early days of World War II. The West German government inherited the war-damaged plants, renamed them Salzgitter AG, and nursed them back at a cost of more than $1 billion. Salzgitter provided work for some 70,000 people in a tense and economically weak area and showed a modest profit after it was rebuilt...
...question in Britain, and around the world, was whether the devaluation would really work. The bankers of The Club are understandably a skeptical lot where British promises are concerned. Early last week several dismissed talk of devaluation. "A temporary respite," said the Deutsche Bank's Hermann Abs. "Not a real solution," observed Swiss Union Bank Chairman Dr. Alfred Schaefer. "Devaluation alone would only be a temporary measure," said Bank of America President Rudi Peterson. The British are well aware that devaluation alone is not enough. Chancellor Callaghan indicated that the government would couple it with enough muscle at home...