Word: germane
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...Pechiney/Ugine is exclusively in the hands of French and Belgian shareholders [not shared with Olin-Mathieson]. On the other hand, Olin-Mathieson is an important shareholder of FRIA, which produces alumina from local bauxite in Guinea; other shareholders in the company, in addition to our French group, are English, German and Swiss producers...
...argument runs, the forthcoming summit conference may be the beginning of a spell of peaceful negotiation rather than a mere lull between crises. Moscow seemed to echo this springtime mood of the Western world with a Pravda statement that the U.S.S.R. was "prepared to do everything to solve the German problem on a basis acceptable to the West as well...
French capital but including British, Italian and German interests, will mine the ore, haul it to the sea and market it abroad, splitting the profits fifty-fifty with Daddah's government. As part of the deal, MIFERMA will develop electric power and provide fuel oil, build a 400-mile railroad from the iron mines to Port-Etienne, widen and improve Port-Etienne itself. After completion, the port facilities will be turned over to the government. Also important to parched Mauritania, MIFERMA will drill wells to tap the underground reservoirs recently discovered not far from Port-Etienne...
Planning a return to West German stages after a 30-year absence, Berlin-born Glamour Girl Marlene Dietrich, 55. was aware that her'reception might be chilly. Reason: during and after World War II, Grandma Marlene damned Hitler and his works so roundly that many Germans still believe she is downright anti-German. Marlene's impending return created a spate of mumbling in the West German press. She shrugged it off: "The only thing I'm really afraid of is eggs. I have a swans-down coat, and if an egg ever hits...
...still possible to stir a lively argument as to whether Toscanini was really as great as all that. Now a fascinating new record titled Memorial Tribute to Arturo Toscanini proves once again that he was. His critics often maintain that he was off base in the German classical repertory, and that he tried to turn Beethoven into Verdi...