Word: austria
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite Carter's best efforts, Sadat left the U.S. without agreeing to schedule resumption of the bilateral political talks. On the way back home, Sadat was stopping off to drum up support in England, West Germany, Italy, Austria, Rumania and France. The next diplomatic move will be a series of shuttle flights between Cairo and Jerusalem, with Assistant Secretary of State Alfred ("Roy") Atherton Jr. as chief shuttler. "I think Sadat left in an upbeat mood," said a top Carter assistant. That mood lasted at least through Sadat's arrival in Austria, where he met with Israeli Opposition...
...original. His dying wish was totalitarian. Before he was finally killed by tuberculosis in 1924, he entreated his friend Max Brod to burn his books-to destroy the unpublished masterpieces (The Castle, The Trial, Amerika) that posthumously raised his estate from weird minor talent working in the ruins of Austria-Hungary to premonitory genius of the century's blackest impulses. Brod of course refused; it remained for both the Nazis and the Soviets to suppress Kafka's works-a neat case of reality confirming the artist's point...
...will abolish 502 of the splendid titles bestowed upon civil servants under the Austro-Hungarian Empire and, until now, faithfully preserved by two Austrian republics. A mere 108 titles will remain in official use. Many of these will be simplified in an attempt to humanize and democratize relations between Austria's 7.5 million citizens and its 345,000 federal bureaucrats, who are notorious for their sloth and discourtesy...
...mere Oberkommissär, or first-class commissioner. A Polizeisanitätskommissar (police health commissioner) will be reduced to just plain Kommissär, while a Kellereiinspektor (inspector of state wine cellars) will henceforth be known only as an Amtsrat, or office counselor. In a curious bow to tradition, Austria's 100 Wirkliche Hofräte (real court counselors), who are assistant secretaries in ministries, will be demoted only to the rank of Hofrat (court counselor) -even though no imperial court has existed in Austria for 60 years...
...special rationale. Although both firms are leaders in the domestic investment banking business (basically, the underwriting of new stock and bond issues), Lehman has specialized also in money markets, commercial paper and U.S. Government securities. Kuhn Loeb is a major underwriter and adviser to scores of foreign governments from Austria to Venezuela. To underline this distinction, the name plate at U.S. headquarters in New York will be Lehman Bros. Kuhn Loeb Inc., while abroad the firm will be known as Kuhn Loeb Lehman Bros. International...