Word: norwegians
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Actually, Birnbaum's reporting for this week's story on the Norwegian actress was not nearly so routine. Before he sent his files to Writer Gerald Clarke, Birnbaum trailed Ullmann and the company filming Forty Carats for five days over the Greek countryside. Then he startled the star by announcing that he was traveling with her to Hollywood for still more conversations. Trapped by her seat belt, Ullmann talked at length about her life and work, pausing only to watch an in-flight movie...
...Reading your article "Norway Says Nei to Europe" [Oct. 9] was not very satisfying. Norway did not say Nei to Europe; Norway said Nei to EEC. which makes a great difference. In the article, Norwegian anti-Marketeers were described as a group of diverse elements, upset farmers and selfish fishermen "supported by a diffuse alliance of Maoist youth, Lutheran fundamentalists, mildly leftist university professors," etc. This bunch was reported to "smash windows" and "rip radio aerials from cars bearing 'Yes to EEC' bumper stickers." The only argument this bunch was credited with was that "EEC membership would allow...
...think a majority of the Norwegians deserve a better description. The article could have been written by any Norwegian Eurocrat trying to cast suspicion on the Norwegian grass roots of anti-Marketeers...
...Common Market was widely regarded as the great economic engine that would bring about higher standards of living for all Europe. That has indeed happened; yet today a substantial percentage of Western Europeans, particularly the young, regard the Market with a combination of apathy and antipathy. The Norwegian electorate's no to EEC membership last month reflected a growing attitude that the technocrat-heavy organization is impersonal and even a bit dehumanizing, a bureaucracy that will make government even more remote from the individual than it is already. Thus, in an ironic turn of history, leaders of nine nations...
Despite Norway's decision, the magnetism exerted by the EEC remains strong. Some future Norwegian government may bid for membership again. Much depends on Denmark's referendum this week. Danish Premier Krag was prepared for any eventuality. On the day following the EEC vote, Krag must deliver the annual state-of-the-nation speech. This year Krag has prepared two speeches, one assuming Danish rejection of the EEC, the other in case his countrymen vote yes to Europe...