Word: switzerland
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...April 18, 1916, and a volatile group of artists who'd found refuge from World War I in Switzerland were gathered around a table at Zurich's Cabaret Voltaire, arguing about a label for themselves and their work. They settled this dispute, according to art lore, by thrusting a letter opener randomly into a French-German dictionary. The word it pointed to - dada - has many meanings: "hobbyhorse" in French, "cube" in certain Italian dialects and "yes, yes" in Slavic languages. That night, they agreed on a name but continued to dispute what the word - and the movement - signified. Tristan Tzara...
...care system with massive investment, but poor results. Olden said that a recent World Health Organization (WHO) study showed that the U.S. devotes more money to health care than any of the 191 countries surveyed. The U.S. spends 14.1 percent of its GDP on health care, while countries like Switzerland, Canada, Germany, and France each spend around 10 percent. At the rate expenditures are increasing, the U.S. will devote 100 percent of its GDP to health care by 2065. Olden observed that General Motors, for example, spends more money on health care for its employees than on steel...
...Western Europe, where the drop in tooth decay in recent decades is as sharp as that in the U.S., 17 of 21 countries have either refused or discontinued fluoridation, contending that fluoride toothpastes offer adequate protection. (Only Ireland adds fluoride to most of its water systems, while Switzerland fluoridates its salt...
Paulson spent the last two years in Switzerland learning French and teaching English. He remains the only roommate who has not succumbed to thefacebook.com...
...08—son of Dunster House Masters Roger B. Porter and Anne R. Porter—spent the past two years scattered across the globe, working to bring the uninitiated into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. They worked in Chile, Switzerland, Russia, the United States, Argentina, and South Korea, but all of their missions shared one common rule: limited contact with the rest of the world...