Word: swiss
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Queen); they also opposed his ideas of reforming the constitution to give the Premier stronger executive powers. In June, when they rejected Karamanlis' advice to call off a scheduled state visit to Britain because of possible leftist demonstrations, he resigned and spent three months in a Swiss villa. Returning to run for reelection, he was narrowly defeated by wily, middle-of-the-road George Papandreou, 75. Karamanlis wanted to quit then, but was dissuaded by his political allies and the King, who convinced him that as leader of His Majesty's loyal opposition he would be democracy...
...maintains four houses in Paris and its environs, but the doorbells don't function and the telephone numbers are changed frequently, even though they are unlisted. His favorite retreat when writing is a small chalet in the Swiss Alps, where he keeps a pair of high-powered binoculars with which he can study visitors before they arrive-vanishing utterly, like a mountain goat, if they are not to his taste...
...invoked the amendment only once, when Switzerland brought suit on behalf of a Swiss holding company, Interhandel, claiming assets of the General Aniline & Film Corp., which the U.S. Government had seized in 1942 as German property. Last spring the Swiss claimants agreed to a settlement under which the firm will be sold and the proceeds divided between the U.S. Government and Interhandel stockholders...
While Karamanlis sulked in a Swiss villa for three months and a caretaker Cabinet led by his political allies ruled the country, the opposition Center Union Party launched an intense election campaign. It was led by an aged Demosthenes, George Papandreou, 75, veteran of several prewar Cabinets and the nation's first postwar Premier...
...volume. Senior executives are increasingly attending language schools, and their proficiency will be rated, from "elementary" to "advanced," in exams set up by the London and Birmingham chambers of commerce. For the recent "British Week" in Zurich, promotional pamphlets were printed not just in German but in Schwyzerdiitsch, the Swiss dialect...