Word: quietness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...friend Charles de Gaulle, but after prolonged study of the West German constitution his lawyers said no. All the while, inside the Christian Democratic Party, a bitter fight was developing over who should succeed Adenauer as chancellor. The old man himself favored Finance Minister Franz Etzel, a quiet corporation lawyer who could be counted upon to accept tutelage. But the majority of Christian Democratic leaders clearly preferred-and intended to get-independent-minded Ludwig Erhard whose voter appeal is almost equal to that of Adenauer himself...
...Tacho" Somoza ran Nicaragua 20 years, stacked up an estimated $60 million in cash and property. When Tacho was cut down by an assassin's bullets 2½ years ago. Luis got himself elected in his father's place. While brother Tachito tried to keep the country quiet under the heavy thumb of the national guard, U.S.-educated (Universities of California. Maryland and Louisiana State) President Luis tried to wipe out the dictator label. He freed the press, treated plotters with unheard-of leniency, promised free elections in 1963. even proposed a constitutional amendment that would prevent...
...Douglas Dillon, U.S. Under Secretary of State LL.D. Citation: "In a troubled time, you provide the priceless quality of quiet, distinguished leadership...
...demonstrated in one whole red-walled gallery at the museum's show. There Italian-born Harry Bertoia's Wall Piece ($750) melds steel, bronze and phosphor into an elegant decoration. Bertoia makes no claim for it beyond stating he considers it "a few squares arranged in a quiet way around a stand." His Flower ($900) proves he can do a welded screen in the round. It also happens to be more personal: "I had just returned from Italy and was feeling wonderful. The essential feeling I was trying for was to begin at the center and radiate...
...only other subjects of concern in a relatively quiet year also sound vaguely familiar to more modern ears--the rising cost of attending Harvard, and the lack of adequate medical facilities. Faced with high tuition and service charges under depression conditions, many concluded that, while its President spoke about an "aristocracy of brains," Harvard was rapidly developing into an aristocracy of wealth...