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Word: switzerland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...displays his knowledge of underworld argot, Soustelle recalls: "I decided to take a powder." With the professional expertise of the old spy master, Soustelle slipped out of his Paris apartment hidden under a pile of luggage in a neighbor's car and crossed the border to Switzerland ("Of course, I had a false identity"). Two days later he was in Algiers, whipping up the crowd with shouts of "Vive De Gaulle!" and working behind the scenes to ensure that the insurrection did not grow into more than he intended it to be: a threatening gesture that would frighten France...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: The Visionary | 8/17/1959 | See Source »

...with the monks, he was admitted to the cloister, a rare privilege. While his wife waited patiently outside, Eliot studied the monastery's art collection, stood entranced before Caravaggio's Saint Jerome. On his return, TIME got permission to reproduce the picture, flew Photographer Eric Schaal from Switzerland to make the copy for this week's Art story...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Jul. 27, 1959 | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

Swedish seaside resort of Saltsjoebaden, near Stockholm, as 79 delegates from seven nations-Britain, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria and Portugal-gathered to put the finishing touches to their own free-trade association, known familiarly as the "Outer Seven" (though some of its members think the name invidious). Recognizing, in the words of one British official, that "we simply cannot let the Common Market Six build up walls we may never be able to scale," the Outer Seven have decided to get their commerce into step with the Common Market. Thus their draft plan envisions a tariff reduction...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WESTERN EUROPE: Getting in Step | 7/27/1959 | See Source »

...BISCHOFBERGER Erlenbach, Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 13, 1959 | 7/13/1959 | See Source »

...LINDEMANN Zurich, Switzerland...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 13, 1959 | 7/13/1959 | See Source »

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