Word: holland
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effort to sort out the two, tame automobiles in residential areas and restore city streets as a place where children can play, old folks can sit, joggers can jog and friends and lovers can meet, began in 1976 in Delft, Holland. "We were trying to stop child murder," says Dutch City Planner Thijs de Jong...
...administration in Washington had plans for tactical missiles in Europe. NATO members, including Holland, have been traditionally reluctant to allow the bombs in their homelands, making themselves a target for a Soviet first-strike. So when the Americans once again made clear their intention to install the tactical weapons, the Dutch stood up against the plan. But they neglected to join with any of their European allies in opposition; they now stand alone. West Germany and Sweden might have been willing to present a united front, but the Dutch neglected to ask. So Holland--with its less vocal neighbor, Belgium...
...ambivalence many European nations feel about nuclear weapons. The U.S. now believes Europe is in rebellion and the recent assassination attempt on the American General Kroesin in West Germany has only aggravated the situation. Accusations have even been made that anti-nuclear protests throughout Europe and especially in Holland are secretly Soviet-supported and financed. America has, rightly or wrongly, singled out Holland as the leader of this apparent 'revolt', but she is a leader without support. Important loans and industrial contracts have been held up and the Dutch are powerless to respond. As with the Chinese fiasco, the Dutch...
...Holland is apparently unable to comprehend her peculiar place in the international world of politics--too small to dictate independent foreign policy and too large to have its economic and political movements ignored. As a political entity Holland is a relatively young country, formed as a kingdom in 1848, but the Dutch have an ancient cultural and moral heritage which often causes them to be overly vocal. Holland's recent disasters have resulted directly from a lack of vision and planning in the Foreign Office. The new building for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, now under construction, seems to lack...
...Holland can no longer focus its full attention on its domestic problems for it must at all times be keenly aware of its position in the international community. There are any number of models which it may follow--neutrality like Switzerland; diplomatic union with the Benelux; distasteful, though practical, subservience to the industrial giant neighbor, West Germany. But Holland is currently drifting like a ship without a keel, the captain so concerned with what is in the hold that he may soon find himself and his cargo on the rocks. If the Netherland's political history is not very...