Word: poul
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...concerned about the political cost of ignoring any proposal that could break the deadlock in the arms talks. In Copenhagen, Denmark's parliament has voted to freeze a $6 million contribution to NATO earmarked for the construction of new missile sites, causing considerable embarrassment for Conservative Prime Minister Poul Schlüter. During an acrimonious debate over nuclear policy in Britain's House of Commons, leaders of the Labor opposition charged Prime Minister Thatcher with "stony and callous indifference...
...deployment in Europe of U.S. medium-range nuclear weapons have drifted leftward. A greater number have moved to the right in protest against the ever increasing tax burden needed to maintain extensive welfare programs in stagnant economies. In September, Denmark got its first conservative Prime Minister in 81 years, Poul Schlüter, who immediately pushed through an austerity program. Belgium's Christian Democratic Prime Minister Wilfried Martens took office a year ago with the avowed aim of cutting back government spending. In a welter of political confusion, the Dutch are now moving toward a center-right coalition government...
...Poul Kjærholm of Denmark achieved this natural-and thus human-quality with a lithe chair (1957) in which steel undergirds a swath of cane woven into a combined seat and back rest. The object's elegance surpasses any seating Marcel Breuer or Le Corbusier ever designed in steel and leather...