Word: scandinavianism
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...achieved this growth despite the opposition of people who feel that it gives too much direct influence to the advertiser and of those who, like many of the British, consider it an esthetic affront. It has also been harnessed by numerous restrictions. Belgium, Holland and the three Scandinavian countries still ban all TV commercials. Even in those countries that allow it, the typical TV ad is decidedly soft-sell, is aired only at certain times at night; in Switzerland, TV ads are never shown on Sunday...
Died. Just Lunning, 55, president since 1952 of Georg Jensen, Manhattan emporium of Scandinavian silver, ceramics and furnishings founded by his father in 1923, a Harvard-educated lawyer from Odense, Denmark, who so successfully promoted the clean and simplified lines of modern Scandinavian design that they have found their way into almost every U.S. home, increasing his store's sales by 55%; of a heart attack; in Manhattan...
...story read like a satire on all tales of international intrigue - Scandinavian division. There were hidden arms, Arab plotters and midnight sleuthing. There was a strutting, self-styled Fuhrer with plans to overthrow the Swedish government and liquidate the country's top Jews. And, finally, there was a Jewish informant who had no trouble infiltrating the neo-Nazis, since he had a habit of making anti-Semitic remarks and parading about in Arab dress. Yet for all its zaniness, the expose that was splashed across the front page of the Swedish newspaper Expressen for two weeks became the talk...
...Some centuries ago a Scandinavian explorer, Thun by name, de- voted himself of anthropological studies of North American Indian tribes. To facilitate accurate documentation, he would live as a member of each tribe for a period of months. After one such sojourn, Thun was deathly, violently ill to his stomach and went on to the next in horrendous fits vomiting and diarreah...
...Ombudsmen are officers, in Scandinavian countries and New Zealand, to whom a citizen with a grievance against the government can turn for intercession and relief...