Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Galbraith, Switzerland and bonhomie...
...aesthetic testament of the Bauhaus, nevertheless, is still with us. It has impregnated our whole sense of design. Moreover, it remains embodied in the work of several Bauhaus students who have turned out to be major artists. One of these is Max Bill, who was born in Switzerland and spent two years at the Dessau Bauhaus before returning to Zurich...
...other areas of his activity." Bill has practiced as an architect; he has designed all manner of manufactured objects, from samovars to wall clocks; he was responsible for the shape of one the most elegantly pure pre-stressed-concrete structures in the world, the Lavina-Tobel bridge in Switzerland (1966-67). In design, Bill has been an acknowledged rationalizing force. So has he been in art -but mainly in Europe because, as Wood suggests, "his conscious effort to undertake all his activities within a social context, while having deep roots in the history of 20th century European art, is fundamentally...
Aliens make up a far higher percentage of Switzerland's population (18%) than they do in other West European countries (West Germany has 5%, and France only 7%). But foreign labor has also been a key factor in Swiss prosperity. Many of the country's biggest companies, including the Swiss banking industry, were founded by immigrants. Some factories currently employ up to 90% foreign workers, and most undesirable jobs like garbage collection and street cleaning are done by foreigners...
...aura of princely grandeur surrounding Mobutu is further bolstered by a life-style that includes palatial residences in each of Zaire's eight provinces and others in France, Belgium and Switzerland. There is not only a luxurious palace in Kinshasa but a 20-sq.-mi. "presidential domain" at N'sele, 40 miles away, which contains two more residences and a swimming pool billed as Africa's largest. To shuttle between his international chain of palaces, Mobutu uses the national airline, Air Zaire, as a personal transport service. His high-handed habit of commandeering planes at a whim...