Word: scandinavia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Macmillan promised to give the matter "careful" study. Labor's Hugh Gaitskell concurred. But other M.P.s were quick to point out that the ombudsman system would cut across the primary sources of parliamentary authority and power. They thought that what would work in the more placid arena of Scandinavia, with its tradition of dispassionate counselors such as Dag Hammarskjold. would not do so well in the bigger and more contentious British setting...
Editor Nycop hurried. Within 18 months the evening tabloid Expressen rocketed into the black, and it has since come to soothe Publisher Bonnier's nerves as the largest paper in all Scandinavia (circ. 370,000). Expressen is hale because it is hearty. Its formula: a smorgasbord of culture and sensationalism enlivened by flashy picture play and bellowing headlines. Last week, Expressen outdid itself, produced 600,000 copies of a 64-page issue, biggest in Scandinavian history...
...debt that Jakob once wrote him a saucy note: "May I remind Your Majesty that without my financial assistance you would not be sitting on your throne." As lenders to hard-pressed popes, Jakob and his brother managed papal finances in all of Germany, Bohemia, Hungary and Scandinavia...
...countries spoke German, and they both wanted the Olympics in their own area," ordered Spanish substituted for German to please Latin American delegates. Weller embarked on a four-month tour of South America to emphasize the advantages of an Olympics in the Western Hemisphere. His next trip was to Scandinavia, where he plugged the idea of a simple Olympics to thrifty Swedes and Norwegians. Cushing and Haseltine took on other European I.O.C. representatives. *The Soft Sell. By the time the crucial meeting convened in Paris, Cushing & Co. had made personal contact with 42 of the 62 delegates. The three Americans...
Antonius Block, a disillusioned knight, returns from the Crusades with his cynical squire just as the bubonic plague is devastating Scandinavia. When Death suddenly appears to claim him, Block proposes they play a game of chess to decide the fate of his soul. He is thus able to forestall his doom, so that he and the squire can wander through the ravaged countryside and closer to bubonic plague is devastating Scandinavia. When Death suddenly appears to claim him, Block proposes they play a game of chess to decide the fate of his soul. He is thus able to forestall...