Word: verrier
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Credit for opening up the field to modern artists belongs to Jean Verrier,* who as inspector general of historic monuments made a bold effort to end rigidly traditional restoration. But the man who most energetically carried on the crusade was a Dominican monk, Father Marie-Alain Couturier (TIME, June 20, 1949 et seq.). Before his death in 1954, he sought out artists in their studios, urged them to try their talents at sacred art in modestly abstract and semi-abstract styles. The first significant experiment was the installation of windows by famed Georges Rouault in the small modern Alpine church...
Earlier in the week Aramburu stilled another feud by replacing Finance Minister Roberto Verrier, who had forecast huge trade and budget deficits and had urged stern austerity (TIME. April 1). To salvage at least part of Verrier's plan, Aramburu chose ex-Banker Adalberto Krieger Vasena. 37, who promptly vowed to work toward austerity but "with adaptations imposed by the course of events...
...Argentine people were prepared for the worst when President Pedro Aramburu and Finance Minister Roberto Verrier went on the air last week-and the worst is just what they got. In blunt introductory remarks, the President lambasted both "egotistical businessmen" and workers who believe "that the supreme social achievement is well-paid laziness." Then he turned the microphone over to Economist Verrier, who told the story in terms of pesos. Argentina, according to the minister's figures, is consuming and featherbedding its way to 'bankruptcy...
...basis of current estimates, said Verrier, the 1957 budget will be in the red by $350 million (at the free rate), and a foreign-trade deficit of $250 million is in sight by year's end. This would more than wipe out the nation's $237 million in gold and dollar reserves...
...this desperate corner, Banker Verrier proposes austere terms. He wants to 1) keep wages frozen but abolish most price controls, 2) remove all subsidies, in particular the $100 million annual handout to the railroads, and 3) import capital goods freely but cut imports of consumer goods. Otherwise, he warns, the government will be forced to grind out enough printing-press money to make ends meet...