Word: municheer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...does - speak almost endlessly on almost anything. "You ask him what time it is," complained U.A.W. Secretary-Treasurer Emil Mazey, "and he'll tell you how to make a watch." One Small Beer. When the Reuther brothers were touring Europe, they arrived hot and hungry one night in Munich's Hofbräuhaus. Victor challenged Walter to down a liter of bock beer before dinner. He did and has not cared for drinking since. At cocktail parties he takes a Manhattan, eats the cherry and leaves the drink. At a union meeting once, he promised to "have...
Education: At Darmstadt schools, excelling in Latin and Greek; studied law at the universities of Frankfurt, Giessen. Munich and Grenoble (France): took over the family law practice in 1932. Speaks good French and Italian, fair English...
Florence to Munich. Many festival cities are near saturation point. Last year Florence's 8,000 spare beds were entirely insufficient to handle the 600,000 out-of-towners who were in the city during the Maggio Musicale. Hardly any of the festivals show a profit (most of them are subsidized), but tradespeople consider them fine for cashing in on the tourist dollar. This summer 600,000 U.S. visitors are expected in Europe. The more dedicated festivalgoers have written for tickets a year or so in advance, but travel agencies still book a symphony concert as handily...
...float in a quiet inlet of the river. Or he may try a harmonica and accordion festival in Nürnberg, where the best West German bands will be chosen at the end of this month. To escape from the harmonicas, he may try the palace of Herrenchiemsee near Munich, where chamber music will be performed by the light of 4,000 candles. If, on the other hand, he wants solid fare with a lather of expensive soloists and music he might recognize, he can follow his ears almost anywhere...
...Munich will present its famed opera festival (Aug. 12-Sept.11), with performances by the Bavarian State Opera...