Word: hollands
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...bourgeois life and the thinness of its cultural milieu, Ostend in the late 19th century must have been one of the most stuffy places in Europe, but Ensor could hardly bear to leave it. In his whole life he made just one trip to Paris, one to Holland, and possibly a four-day excursion to London; that...
Sakharov told TIME Moscow Bureau Chief Marsh Clark that he attributed the wave of repression to a Soviet attempt to "blackmail" Carter into silence on the human rights issue. Soviet Exile Andrei Amalrik told TIME Correspondent David Aikman in Holland that "the Soviet Union wants to see how tough Carter...
...ships must come from super-tidy, disciplined families who teach their sons to live by the book-no sloppiness, no boozing, a solid family life." Many captains are trained, for tuition costs starting at $3,000 a week, at one of three supertanker schools in Holland and France. At Meurs' school, the Dutch Institute for Navigational Training, nearly 100 students a year go through a seamanship course run by a 17-member staff that is headed by, of all professionals, a psychologist. "Stress is becoming a very important factor as the world of shipping becomes more complicated and increases...
Inflation accounting has been used successfully in Brazil, where inflation rates have been hovering around 40%. Holland's huge Philips Co. has been using replacement-cost accounting for more than 15 years. Shell Oil Co. offered its 1974 results in both "historical dollars" and "current dollars" adjusted for purchasing power, an approach similar to one advocated by the American accounting profession's own Financial Accounting Standards Board...
Nancy Cooper and Deborah Sze each scored two victories in fencing's round-robin format. Anne Higonnet and Mary Holland gained some experience as alternates but failed to come away with fictories...