Word: sovereign
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...problem of not being "ordinary" and yet not seeming too aloof-of lowering the barrier between sovereign and subject and yet not "staining the mystery," as Sir Harold Nicolson put it-is probably the greatest public relations problem of Britain's royalty. Scandinavia's rulers have ignored this problem, on the whole, by opting for ordinariness. No one crowds around Sweden's 84-year-old King Gustaf Adolf when he walks alone through the streets. A man passing him will take off his hat with a slight bow, whereupon the King will remove...
...sovereign succeeded sovereign, Gobelins faithfully followed painting as a kind of painstaking handmaiden. Not until 1937, when French Painter Jean Lurcat introduced abstractions, were the weavers released from traditional subject matter. The revitalized Gobelins factory also attracted the designs of the 20th century's most prominent artists, including Marc Chagall, Jean Arp, Victor Vasarely and Miro. Inspired by the fresh results, contemporary architects awoke to the fact that tapestries provide a highly effective counterpoint for vast spaces and cold materials. Says Miro, enthusiastically planning to collaborate with architects on new tapestries: "As modern man becomes increasingly restless, moving from...
Reston calls for the press to catch up with the twentieth century. The U.S. President has become the most powerful sovereign in history, and the press has not adapted to the challenge of Presidential power. The Administration and the press have historically been in a constant state of war, Reston says, because reporters have always viewed government as a "dirty business...
...whisked by private elevator to Hallstein's eighth-floor suite, and, after a striped-pants ceremony, Hallstein would break out champagne. It was just what any head of state would do, but it made the Biggest Head of State among the Common Market members, Charles de Gaulle, turn sovereign purple with rage...
...victors in publicly pushing for German reunification, the U.S. has been hampered in securing it by the West's adamant attitude against recognition of East Germany. The Soviet-East German position on reunification is that it can come about only through a "confederation" of two sovereign Germanys. The concept may sound farfetched to the casual observer, but in fact there is already considerable administrative cooperation between the two Germanys in communications, transportation and trade-a cooperation that is never spoken of publicly...