Word: latine
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Despite the excellence of the Institute, it is clear that it is in no sense of the word a university. It teaches neither Greek nor Latin. There is no English department, no chemistry laboratories and no astronomical observatory. There are only the School of Mathematics and the School of Historical Studies; the Institute does not pretend to a complete coverage of all, or even a few, fields of learning...
...Vatican station will broadcast from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. (old schedule: four hours in the afternoon, five at night) in Latin and 27 other languages, including Russian, Chinese and eleven others of Communist-sphere countries. Announcers are 20 Jesuits, each a language specialist. U.S. short-wave sets can receive the station in the 31-, 41-and 48-meter bands. In addition to news, theological talks and church ceremonies, the new broadcasts will include chamber music once a week...
...made 81 trips abroad, including five to the U.S. ("Free enterprise has given the American citizen," says Erhard, "a living standard and a chance for self-expression unparalleled in the rest of the world.") His energy is prodigious, his persistence monumental. On one four-week swing through Latin America ("the continent of the future"), Erhard outlasted two aides, who split the 18-hour daily duty of keeping up with him, outate, outdrank and outtalked his hosts in eight countries, and sparked a tremendous interest in doing business with Germany. Nothing defeats him. Says an associate: "As soon as he recognizes...
...program of their own ($12 million in 1957 for technical-assistance projects involving some 25 countries). This year the World Bank borrowed $100 million in the Frankfurt money market. German firms have sent $380 million abroad in direct capital investment−roughly a third to Europe, a third to Latin America, a tenth to the U.S. and 15% to Canada...
...also criticized American relations with Canada and Latin America as characterized by "very bad manners." He concluded that we must "hold together the center of our power" in order to be able to help nations farther away...