Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...picture was much the same in Greece, where one-third of the population was officially estimated to be bedridden; the blight spread to Yugoslavia and Switzerland, Austria and West Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia. The Germans' word of the week was Grip-pewelle (flu wave), and Chancellor Willy Brandt went to Tunisia to recuperate from his bout. The Viennese, devoted to hot lemon drinks as a palliative, bid up the price of lemons from their midwinter norm of seven schillings (28?) for ten lemons, to 20 schillings...
...yards that are booked to capacity for years to come. German exporters are losing their markets in China and the rest of Asia to the Japanese, and are being pushed increasingly hard even in Europe. For example, an official of Zeiss Ikon says that Japanese Pentax cameras sell in Switzerland, Holland and Sweden for 5% to 7% less than the comparable Zeiss Icarex-35. Export prowess has planted a flourishing Japanese business colony in Germany itself. More than 100 Japanese companies have opened European sales headquarters in Düsseldorf. The city now boasts a first-class Japanese restaurant...