Word: polity
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...those who run national banking systems -feel the freest to criticize and sound alarms. The U.S.'s Martin, for example, keeps reminding Washington that the U.S. is dangerously close to inflation, and Lord Cromer has publicly lectured the Labor government. The finance ministers, on the other hand, are politi cal appointees who are less likely to pick a fight with their governments, but their greater awareness of political realities can be invaluable in international negotiations. The solid core of the moneymen-and the real heroes-are the senior advisers who have worked their way up through the monetary system...
Prospects Dim. Less than a year ago, Strauss's political road seemed clear. The aging Adenauer would soon quit; Economics Minister Ludwig Erhard, a proficient economist but an uncertain politi cian, would not last long as successor; the third Chancellor of the Federal Republic would be the man who had forged the Bundeswehr into NATO's most powerful, most willing European partner...
While her husband breasted the politi cal winds in Washington, Jacqueline Ken nedy, 31, deplaned hatless and coatless despite near-freezing cold at New York's La Guardia Airport, spent three gay days on the town. Usually accompanied by her sister, Princess Radziwill, wife of a Polish peer turned London businessman, Jackie looked more elegant each time she came through the revolving doors of the Carlyle Hotel. She supped with Art Dealer Harry Brooks, Fashion Editor Diana Vreeland and such socialite old friends as Mrs. Charles Wrightsman. Her big evening was spent catching the popularly-priced ($3.95 top) City...