Word: josef
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...details of their attack. Within 24 hours, they released one of their hostages, a pregnant embassy employee. They also decided to allow the Bern police to deliver packages of food, medicine and newspapers to the embassy's doorstep, and agreed to talk to a Polish-born Dominican priest, Josef Bochenski, 80. After intensive negotiations, which were led by Swiss Justice Minister Kurt Furgler, the gunmen agreed to a 48-hour extension of their deadline and to the release of five more hostages. Some 30 hours after the initial occupation, the gunmen discovered a Polish military attaché, Zygmunt Dobruszewski...
DIED. Maria Jeritza, 94, soprano golden girl of opera's golden age; in Orange, N.J. Combining a radiant voice with flamboyant acting, the Austrian-born singer began her ascent to stardom in 1912, when the Emperor Franz Josef invited her to join the Vienna Royal Opera. At the Metropolitan Opera, where she sang from 1921 to 1932, the director reported that the largest ovation he had ever heard followed her "Vissi d'arte, "the great second-act aria in Tosca; she sang it prostrate on the floor. A tempestuous diva onstage and off, Jeritza gathered three husbands, prompted...
...that sizable majority of Europeans already disposed to be pro-American, the President conveyed reassurance that the U.S. remains committed to the NATO alliance and is genuinely seeking peace and arms reduction in negotiations with the Soviets. But Reagan encountered much skepticism from the burgeoning European "peace" movement; Josef Leinen, one of the organizers of an antinuclear rally in Bonn, challenged the President to prove that he was not merely mouthing "empty disarmament slogans." In face-to-face discussions with European political leaders, Reagan reinforced personal rapport but gained little more agreement on policy than had existed before he left...
...Franz Josef Strauss, 66, Minister-President,of the West German state of Bavaria, Finance Minister of West Germany from 1966 to 1969 and conservative candidate who lost to Chancellor Helmut Schmidt...
Ostensibly, the extension of economic sanctions against Argentina and the vexing issue of British budget contributions were not connected. But no one doubted that they would be linked when the bargaining began. As West German Agricultural Minister Josef Ertl said pointedly, "Solidarity is a two-way street...