Word: roses
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...into the semi-retirement of West Germany's presidency. He hoped still to help influence his country's destiny, while allowing a younger man to assume the day-to-day administration of the country. Der Alte, first and only leader of the new West German democracy that rose on the ruins of Naziism, would thus ensure an orderly first transfer of power. Instead, abruptly last week, Adenauer canceled these admirable arrangements, and proclaimed his determination to stay on as chancellor...
...suffered from TB. And so, in order to buy eggs and milk for them, Eftihia Christos began working far into each night, sewing hooks and eyes on dresses. Because she failed to report her extra ?2 to ?3 weekly earnings to the National Assistance Board, as required, Magistrate Geoffrey Rose, 69, sentenced Widow Christos to two months in jail for fraud...
...Criminal Kiss. Within 24 hours more than 1,000 dock workers held a mass protest meeting outside the gates of the Royal Albert Dock, delegates from every Ford plant petitioned Home Secretary R. A. ("Rab") Butler, and the Bishop of Southwark denounced Magistrate Rose's sentence as "savage and inhuman." Unfortunately, the Widow Christos' case was not the only one. British newspapers were still quivering over the case of a young engaged couple who were haled into court for committing "an act of lewd, obscene and disgusting nature such as to cause offense to diverse of Her Majesty...
...protests mounted over the Christos case, hapless Magistrate Rose announced: "I do not regret my decision. It was a painful one, but it was just." A few days later the magistrate suddenly fell ill and died. "An unfortunate coincidence," said his physician. So was the discovery that the day before he sentenced the Widow Christos to jail for her night sewing, Magistrate Rose had fined a man ?10 ($28) for indecently assaulting a six-year-old girl...
Last week Japanese electronics leaders were sharply divided over how hard to push exports of finished consumer products. Ibuka, whose radio exports rose from 32,000 sets in January to 55,000 in March, intends to keep on exporting under his own label. To avoid arousing a protectionist outcry in the U.S., many Japanese manufacturers think a better way to keep on growing is to sell components to U.S. companies to assemble, thus dividing up the work and the profit...