Word: marijnen
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...plane returned, but not Irene. In a tizzy over the no-show princess, the entire nation watched and waited while Catholic Prime Minister Victor Marijnen consulted with his ministers and the anguished monarch. That night, in a nationwide radio address (she refused to go before TV cameras for fear she would break down), Juliana announced: "Alas, our daughter Irene has informed us this afternoon that this engagement will not take place. Our daughter is now passing an extremely difficult time...
...country rudderless for even longer than customary in Italy or pre-Gaullist France. In 1956 the governmental vacuum lasted for 122 days, while the old Cabinet carried on as caretaker. By last week, when Queen Juliana flew back from an Italian vacation to swear in new Prime Minister Victor Marijnen, the government had taken Dutch leave for 70 days...
...pensions, the housing shortage, lower taxes for middle-income groups. After one party leader had suffered a nervous breakdown and the careers of two able ministers had been wrecked because they tried and failed to end the crisis, Queen Juliana called on up-and-coming Agriculture Minister "Vic" Marijnen, 46, who finally succeeded, lined up the youngest Cabinet (average age: 46) in the nation's history. One of the few former ministers who kept his old job was The Netherlands' best-known statesman, hardheaded Foreign Minister Joseph Luns...