Word: germane
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...weeks the refugee flow had been increasing. Suddenly, over the Easter weekend, it became a torrent. In four days, more than 4,200 East Germans, carrying their meager belongings in sacks and briefcases, showed up in West Berlin and at West German border points. It was the biggest exodus since the 1953 revolt in East Germany. All last week hundreds more arrived daily as harried West Berlin officials hastily arranged special flights to move them out of the city...
Ignoring the Risk. After the first flood of escapes was detected, the East German police took alarm. They pounced on trains and blocked highways, picking up every farmer they found. Two groups of audacious Volkspolizei even sneaked across into West Berlin to interrogate suspects. But at week's end, despite the rising risk, hundreds were still slipping into West Berlin every...
...Time for Realism. Because the Common Market will certainly be dominated by West Germany, the rivalry between Britain and the Six helped to fuel the resurgence of anti-German feeling (TIME, April 20, 1959 et seq.) amongst ordinary Britons-though not in the British government. So bitter was the deepening conflict between the Six and the Seven that some good Europeans like NATO Secretary-General (and Common Market Treaty Negotiator) Paul-Henri Spaak began to fear that it would induce a political split which could turn NATO into an empty shell...
...German immigrant who made a tidy fortune in lumber, Paepcke was the product of good Chicago private schools and more than the normal dose of private tutoring. He earned a Phi Beta Kappa key at Yale, in 1926 struck out for himself in business. By 1945, he had built up the Container Corp. of America into one of the world's most imaginative packaging concerns. But that year he also took a fateful vacation in Colorado...
...have undergone major restyling, now have distinct front fenders, higher bumpers. Russia's Moskvitch and Volga made their U.S. sales debuts, turned out to be solid, high-fendered old-fashioned cars, clearly designed to traverse well-rutted roads. The U.S.'s Amphicar Corp. introduced its German-made, snub-nosed Amphicar, which runs on land or water, sells for under $3,000. Other cars...