Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...exposed Russia's designs for Europe and brought Britain, France and the U.S. closer together in the face of these designs than they have been for years. But in Berlin's last hour, the Big Four had issued a communique setting up still another conference, in Geneva, Switzerland, April 26. There, with Communist China sitting in, they would discuss, first, Korea (with all nations that provided troops for the Korean war invited), then Indo-China...
...Columbus. Ohio, Hawaii's Ford Konno, freewheeling free-style swimmer for Ohio State, set a new world record for the 220-yd. distance, 2:04.8, breaking the record set by Australia's John Marshall in 1950 by seven-tenths of a second. ¶ At Davos, Switzerland, Russia's Boris Shilkov became the first man from his country ever to win the European speed skating championship, edging Norway's famed Hjalmar Andersen, 198.058 points...
...paper, Swiss federal law looks straightforward and strict enough. It sanctions abortion only if birth of the child would constitute "a danger menacing the life of the expectant mother or seriously menacing her health with a grave and permanent affliction." The gimmick is that in each of Switzerland's 22 cantons the law is interpreted according to the conscience of the majority...
...postwar model T. It outsells all other cars in five European nations, and is so popular that stiff import restrictions have been slapped on it by Belgium, France and Italy. On the Autobahnen of Germany, nearly one out of every two cars is a Volkswagen. In restriction-free Switzerland, Volkswagen sales lead all other makes, including American, by a wide margin. For the U.S. market, Volkswagen Boss Nordhoff knows that his car is too small and relatively too expensive ($1,500), except for two-car families; nevertheless, he hopes to triple his U.S. sales to around 4,000 this year...
...week long bobsledders from seven nations-Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Sweden, Italy and the U.S.-crackled down Cortina's precipitous run with ever-increasing speed. "Bobbing" (i.e., swinging and swaying) in unison to get the last watch-tick of speed from the razor-sharp sled runners, the sledders had knocked an impossible 4.6 seconds off the Cortina record: from 1:24.34 for the mile-long run down to 1:19.74. When the championship heats began, it was Feierabend's red sled, with the white Swiss cross on its cowling, that held the course record...