Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Simultaneously barbaric and benevolent, he treated his oldest son the same way. The boy liked and was liked at private school in Switzerland; after five happy years, his father brought him home, consoled him with mistresses and sent him to the military academy with strict orders that he be treated roughly. Mohammed Reza Pahlevi grew into a mild and friendly youth, somewhat unsure of himself, who played with fast cars, fast women and fast planes. In 1941, when the British exiled his father from his throne for trafficking with the Nazis, Mohammed Reza, at 21, became the Shahinshah...
From his modern hillside house outside Zurich, Switzerland, German-born Author Thomas (The Magic Mountain) Mann talked about writing. "The German language is an organ," he said, "but if I could be born again I would choose English. It opens much greater possibilities. Apart from Goethe and the other classics, the German language is not popular. It is not indecent to be unpopular, but this is the fact." How did he rate authors like Faulkner and Hemingway with the big names of earlier generations? "There is a colossal difference in size. Think of the forest of great authors...
...Neutral nation inspection teams (from Switzerland, Sweden, Poland and Czechoslovakia) set out for the five ports of entry on each side, where they will try their very best to make sure that neither army uses the armistice to build up its forces...
...evening about 20 years ago, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, home on vacation from his elegant school in Switzerland, stood in the gardens of the ornate Marble Palace gazing into the waters of a pool. His father, the Shah of Persia, came upon him and demanded: "What are you doing, son?" "Nothing, father, just standing here thinking," answered the boy. The Shah's face clouded, and he roared: "Thinking! God damn it, one day you're going to be Shah and you'll have to act, not think." He booted his son into the water...
...France back to the 17th century, was too much for the Aga Khan, who had come to Aix-les-Bains for a peaceful fortnight. He left town in a huff (actually, in a green Rolls Royce with red leather upholstery) and headed for the 20th century in Lausanne. Switzerland, followed by his chauffeur, maid and luggage in a second car. "The Aga Khan," it was explained, "receives and sends many letters and needs to make frequent phone calls abroad...