Word: tagesspiegel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...First Swallow. To a Europe in need of inspiration, the words evoked memories of Charlemagne, France's Due de Sully and his 17th century "Grand Design," and other great "European" statesmen. "The Talleyrand of the 20th century," cried West Berlin's Tagesspiegel, delighted with evidence of Adenauer-style Europe-mindedness from a man once considered to be concerned only with French grandeur. In the U.S., where De Gaulle's soaring prestige had finally won him something close to his longstanding demand for equality with Britain in U.S. counsels, his assurances of France's solidarity with...
...edge of his stool, his face near the keys, he struck thunderous volleys of sound without clouting the keys or becoming percussive and harsh. Unhampered by a span* of only ten keys, he executed impressively agile runs, showed off subtly colored nuances without ever sagging into sentimentality. Headlined Der Tagesspiegel: "A TRIUMPH OF VIRTUOSITY...