Word: switzerland
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King Umberto II of Italy, 72, was ousted by popular vote after World War II and a reign of 34 days; he lives in Portugal. His son Vittorio Emanuele, 39, is a successful businessman based in Switzerland; he is married to a commoner, Marina Doria, and has two children...
Right up to her last day in office, she was out of touch with reality. On that day, while soldiers in combat gear were taking up their coup positions, she went on with business as usual, receiving new ambassadors from Switzerland and Rwanda. Only when her helicopter, which she had boarded to go to her suburban villa, was diverted to the Buenos Aires municipal airport did she seem to realize what was happening. There, an officer told her bluntly: "Señora, you are under detention. The government you have led is a calamity. The armed forces are taking over...
...Museum one of the finest teaching museums in German art and culture outside of central Europe. Under endowed, the museum typifies many of the financial woes that are facing the University's museums, most of which have small endowments and no means of generating income. Individuals and corporations in Switzerland. Germany and Austria are being approached with the pitch that the Museum provides a window to the culture...
This problem has become particularly acute in the past few years with the passage of repressive immigration legislation in Britain, France, and Switzerland, and with mob violence against Algerians in France. In some cases, trade unions have had limited success in attempts to organize the migrants, as in France, while elsewhere, unions have collaborated in racist practices, as in Switzerland. But nowhere has the labor movement been able to organize migrants as migrants, or to defend them effectively from administrative harrassment. To organize a multinational involvement in a national political setting is a difficult task and the European labor movement...
...lira jitters were set off by last January's long Italian political crisis. As the country drifted for 35 days without a government, panicky Italians smuggled lire into Switzerland, often lugging them there by the suitcase. To halt the losses, the Italian Treasury in January closed the official foreign-exchange market. Shortly before it reopened