Word: scandinavian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...full. Just behind us a loudmouthed Scandinavian with Cuban sympathies alternately cursed Greyhound, the United States and the youth of America. The youth of America was across from him, represented by Stephen, a harmonica-playing punk, making advances on his seat companion, a blousy young woman with a baby...
...went gently into the night, despite the steamy atmosphere of 43 bodies, despite the Scandinavian's slurs on the American way of life and despite the moaning chords of Stephen's harmonica...
...snake-so named because of the way its currencies wiggle together against outsiders' money -includes the Benelux and Scandinavian countries along with West Germany. France, a charter member when the snake was formed in 1972, dropped out early last year...
Amnesty officials estimate that there are upwards of a million political prisoners in the world, with almost every nation bearing some of the guilt. Only Holland, the Scandinavian countries, West Germany, New Zealand. Canada, and Australia have no political prisoners (Amnesty would classify England in this group if it weren't for uncertainties over the situation in Northern Ireland). The countries with the greatest number of political prisoners now are Chile. South Africa, Rhodesia, and Indonesia. Up until its liberation last spring. South Viet Nam would probably have won the prize for political repression...
...SCANDINAVIAN. This system could be called either welfare capitalism or free enterprise socialism. For example, about 90% of Swedish production is carried on by private corporations, a proportion as high as in the U.S. But profits and incomes are taxed at rates of up to 80% to support the capitalist world's widest array of social services. Wages are set by a "national bargain" reached through negotiations between employer associations and unions and ratified by the government...