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Word: volkspartei (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Paradoxically, the 11-year-old trend to Socialism took place under the rule of the free-enterprising Volkspartei; it was the price that Austria's leading party (which lacked.an absolute majority) had to pay for Socialist support. But last spring Austria's voters took a look at the immense reconstruction job done by private enterprise despite government hobbles and, for the first time, gave the Volkspartei a whopping vote, just one seat short of a parliamentary majority. It was a clear mandate to roll back government control...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Austria Comes Back | 10/29/1956 | See Source »

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