Word: neveral
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...cracked to a Berlin friend: "Why do you go on living in a town where the monkeys still swing from the trees?" With his imperious eyes, his thin, determined lips, and his rather high, monotonous voice, Adenauer is not a popular leader, nor does he want to be. He never shouts, never tries for dramatic effects; in his political followers he inspires respect, but rarely deep personal devotion. Yet Konrad Adenauer brings to his task an unshakable confidence and a profound faith...
Germans, who have never shown any talent for democracy, are today corroded by 16 years' dictatorship, war and defeat. They have probably made greater progress toward democracy than the U.S. had a right to expect on V-E day; the many political-action groups which have sprung up all over West Germany, and the high turnout (nearly 80% of the eligible voters) at last summer's elections, indicate that at least some Germans have begun to see that the government is their concern. When Secretary of State Dean Acheson recently visited Germany, the people showed a genuine, spontaneous...
...good European, last week said: "The world must be convinced of American strength . . . The U.S. has today perhaps the mightiest mission in history. In a human and historic sense America has the duty-if you don't mind my sounding poetic-to see that the light never goes out on our earth ... I want to see a united Europe. Only then can my country be free. To do that, we need the help of the best Europeans of all-the Americans...
...still had some muscle left, the Socialist Force Ouvrère, France's second largest labor federation, called a one-day general strike, set it for a Friday. The Communist-run federation of labor (CGT) gleefully announced that it was going to strike, too, trumpeted that France would never forget its black Friday. As it turned out, strikebound Friday was at worst only a dull grey. According to the Ministry of Interior, the strike" was 100% effective in the northern and eastern coal mines, in the ports, in some metal industries. But a majority of France's union...
While the '46 Album is hastening to join the '47-'48 Album in the better-late-than-never department, the '49 Album, a veritable tyro in the field, has announced a tentative publication date of April 1, 1950. April Fool's Day being what it is, however, there is no reason to expect any new speed records in Album production...