Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...several valises full of his personal papers, which had been cached in the apartment of a Belgian called Mr. Christian. Among the items prompting Tshombe's sudden search for a healthier climate: documents indicating that he has funds tucked away in 15 banks in 13 countries ranging from Switzerland to the U.S. to Burundi...
Died. Stavros Livanos, 73, Greek shipowner, a frugal, publicity-hating multimillionaire who built a small business into one of the world's biggest privately owned fleets-70 ships (no yacht), with 16 more on order; of a heart attack; in Lausanne, Switzerland...
...Club. She flipped on a slide of Windsor Castle, delivered a capsule history of Britain's royal family, went on to urge her audience to go to Europe. "It adds meaning and enjoyment to life, especially for the younger people . . . You hear that places like Ireland and Switzerland are so cold, but it's not true. Don't load your suitcases down with heavy clothing. A couple of pairs of snuggies and a couple of sweaters will do. And before you go home, give them to somebody over there and fill up your valises with perfume...
...seem to be aggravated by the swirling political events in his desert capital of Riyadh. After the Yemen rebellion last fall threatened the stability of his throne, Saud's health was so upset that he turned the government over to his able brother, Prince Feisal, and flew to Switzerland for treatment...
Then Le Corbusier, using his given name, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, was still studying in his home town in the French-speaking area of Switzerland. Soon he went to Paris as an apprentice architect. After several years travel, he settled permanently in Paris in 1917. Five years later he set up his headquarters on the Left Bank in a former Jesuit monastery at 35 Rue de Sevres which he still occupies...