Word: munichs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Chicago. It was the sort of occasion that would ordinarily bring out the rousing Republican baiter in L.B.J. But not this time. Instead, he used it to issue an appeal to the Russian people for friendship, and to declare himself firmly against appeasement. Recalling the lesson of Munich, he said: "In the 1930s we made our fate not by what we did but by what we failed to do. We propelled ourselves -and all mankind-toward tragedy, not by action but by inaction. The failure of free men was not of the sword but of the soul-and there must...
Angry pacifists rampage through the streets of Frankfurt, Hamburg and Munich in protest against West German membership in NATO. The CIA reports that they will burn down barracks of foreign troops next day. Though West German police cannot cope, Chancellor Erhard's Cabinet decides not to call out the army. The U.S., French and British ambassadors meet, proclaim a state of emergency, dissolve the Bundestag and jail the Cabinet...
...many ways, they have succeeded spectacularly well. But redemption through hard work, whether prescribed by Goethe or by Ludwig Erhard, has its limitations. Despite the visible and invisible Autobahnen, despite the gleaming cars and ambitious towers, despite the homburgs in Hamburg and the shoulder minks in Munich, despite all the scenes of prosperity, West Germany is deeply troubled...
...memorandum charging that Der Spiegel had betrayed military secrets. In the Bundestag, Chancellor Konrad Adenauer shook with rage as he denounced "an abyss of treason in this land." The public and press reacted in a different way. "Gestapo!" roared newspapers throughout the land. Students marched in protest in Hamburg, Munich and Berlin. Five Cabinet officers resigned, forcing Adenauer to fire Strauss...
...Bolshoi. In earlier trips the youngsters had visited Lisbon and Tangier, explored an Olivetti factory near Naples, toured the Brolio winery in Florence, quizzed their way through East and West Berlin, Vienna, Prague, Munich. During spring vacation, some of the Americans talked with students at Moscow University, attended the Bolshoi Theater. Back at Lugano, a lively faculty (average age: 28) related the tour experiences to such required courses as contemporary Europe, European literature, logic and composition, French and Italian languages...