Word: stirs
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Astute Interpreters. In Bonn, offering a rare show of unity, representatives of Germany's three major parties endorsed the Monnet declaration. But Adenauer seemed cool to it, and De Gaulle appeared not to notice all the stir. Though not referring directly to the Monnet statement, De Gaulle declared grandly to some French Senate leaders at an Elysee dinner: "I make Europe, while others confine themselves to talking about it." Later he added: "You talk about Europe...
...assortment of ice that Cartier recently sent over to Eddie's estranged wife Rhoda, 28. At week's end a federal grand jury indicted him for illegally withdrawing $1,953,000 of Bruce funds. Maximum possible sentence: $82,000 in fines, 74 years in stir...
...writing about cosmic affairs after 14 years of criticizing radio and TV. but has lately begun to feel rather uncomfortable on cloud nine. Said the Trib's new Paris-based columnist: "I've lived in New York for 25 years. It doesn't stir me any more. I go to work and stare out the window. Not an idea in my skull...
Adolf Eichmann was dead and his ashes thrown into the Mediterranean, but his execution will probably stir debate for years to come. The first critical postmortem came from Jewish Philosopher Martin Buber. All along, Buber had been opposed to the trial because it cast Israel in the role of both accuser and judge (he would have preferred an international tribunal). He also felt that the death penalty was wrong because no punishment could really expiate the Nazi crimes. Eichmann's execution, explained Buber last week, may only give Germany's youth an easy way of escaping the guilt...
...level off the peaks of boom and the valleys of recession-a drive started under Eisenhower and continued by Kennedy-has been overly successful, and that the U.S. has sacrificed too much growth for stability. (During the 1960 campaign, Kennedy used to argue that way.) One way to stir faster expansion is to encourage increased corporate spending by means of a tax cut. But pessimists hold that if the President waits until next January to apply his cuts, they may come too late to beget a boom, and be useful only to soften the effects of a recession...