Word: hollande
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...German side, Rommel had some 500,000 men strung out along an 800-mile front from Holland to Brittany, and he knew only too well how vulnerable they were. Since the bulk of German power was committed to the Russian front, his 213,000-man Seventh Army, charged with defending Normandy, was an untested force, filled out with middle-aged conscripts and unreliable recruits from Eastern Europe. Only 70,000 of the defenders were stationed near the targeted beaches. The Luftwaffe's fighter defenses had been seriously depleted in two years of air battles, and the remnants were...
Nonetheless, the proposal's simplistic appeal is strong. Politicians seize upon it to attract voters, and to give the appearance of doing something about joblessness. In Holland, where the commitment to the shorter week is strongest, the government has pressed for fewer hours by a formula that would also cut pay. Yet Dutch unemployment is still 14.9%, among the highest in Europe. In 1982 the new Socialist government of François Mitterrand cut the French work week by an hour, to 39 hours, but it is backing off from a promise to lower...
Elizabeth Holland...
...Gaye's musical legacy was primarily stylistic; the Holland-Dozier-Holland team wrote many of the songs that were recorded at Motown, but each left their particular imprint on the songs. The Beatles, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson and the Rolling Stones would all acknowledge a debt to Gaye's subtle crooning style. And, of course. Gaye became a painstaking musician, playing most of the instruments on his later albums and earning a reputation as a studio perfectionist...
World is a fanciful arena of high-speed miracles; within days she becomes a photographer's model. But the attendant publicity and the rigors of studio assignments prove unendurable; in the end Anne is happy to fly back to Holland. After all, she notes ruefully, "I had had a close look at the way celebrities live...