Word: tagesspiegel
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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...
...Soviet side to avoid a conflict." But, being a little inexperienced in such methods, he discovered later that in the communiqué regarding his visit, he had inadvertently been lulled into assenting to the need to "end the Western occupation of Berlin." Brooded Berlin's Der Tagesspiegel: "Ollenhauer as a responsible spokesman for Germany is a dreadful thought...
...matter what Berliners' reactions to individual compositions, the concert as a whole opened their ears to the variety of styles in U.S. composition. Wrote Der Tagesspiegel's Critic Werner Oehlmann: "The American music fascinates." Summed up Kurt Westphal in Der Kurier: "This concert offered us treatments which no one had any idea existed...
...line only when plans for his 300-apartment building showed ceilings only 7 ft. 5 in. high. "Le Corbu" argued such low ceilings were "adequate for Americans and London bobbies, so why not for Berliners," threatened to withdraw. In one week 4,700 Berliners wrote to Berlin's Tagesspiegel (2,000 pro v. 2,700 con) before Le Corbu agreed to raise living-room ceilings to 8 ft. 2 in., but testily kept bedrooms as they were. ¶ From the U.S., former German Bauhaus Leader (now a U.S. citizen) Walter Gropius sent plans for a curved-front, eight-story...