Word: west
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stinging defeat for Adenauer, the worst he had received in ten years of strong-willed party rule. West Germany had at last found a crown prince to succeed Adenauer when the day comes. Ludwig Erhard emerged unquestionably as the most likely Christian-Democratic candidate for the chancellery in 1961 if Adenauer himself at 85 does not want it, and possibly even if he does...
...schoolteacher). Tillich has been acutely aware of the two temperamental traditions at war within him. "In the East [of Germany]," as he has described it, "a meditative bent tinged with melancholy, a heightened consciousness of duty and personal sin, a strong sense for authority and feudal traditions . . . while the West is characterized by zest of living, sensuous concreteness, mobility, rationality and democracy . . . These contradictory qualities were rooted in me-my life, inward and outward, to be enacted on their battleground...
...frisk through the operatic pea patch since George London rose to fame. In the last four years, in a series of guest appearances with the Chicago and San Francisco Operas, he has been treated to a steady chorus of critical huzzas. His recording of The Girl of the Golden West (with Tebaldi for London) has been lavishly praised. Currently, he is negotiating a contract with the Metropolitan...
Designer Head is most impressed by actresses who are themselves designing women. Edith's first solo effort on a movie, She Done Him Wrong (1933), was a remake of Broadway's Diamond Lil and brought her measure to measure with Mae West's 38-24-38. "I like 'em tight, girls," growled Mae, and was soon jammed into costumes in which she could not "lie, bend or sit." So that West could relax a bit between takes, a board was set up for her to lean against. Marlene Dietrich, arriving for a fitting, "quickly peels down...
Last week Phillips Academy at Andover, Mass., one of the oldest and richest prep schools in the U.S. (market value of its endowment: $28 million), announced an ambitious plan for getting on with its business. The school needs $6,060,000, said West Point-educated Headmaster John M. Kemper, and of that amount some $1,000,000 has already been pledged. Biggest project in view is the construction of five dormitories for $2,620,000. Other goals: $1,150,000 for a science building and $850,000 for a creative arts center. Perhaps the most important objective...