Word: joachimism
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...best way to solve problems is to foresee them before they become problems." Those words from Dr. Joachim Zahn, chairman of the executive board of West Germany's Daimler-Benz, expressed as well as any the sense of an unusual meeting in Brussels this month. Nearly 40 chief executives of leading European and American business and banking firms assembled in the Common Market's headquarters city, under the auspices of TIME, for a colloquy on their common concerns...
...conversation-preferably with a multilingual, polymathic scholar. Last week TIME correspondents discussed the world of arts and ideas with two of Europe's leading intellectuals: Dr. George Steiner, a French-born American thinker who is currently a fellow of Cambridge's Churchill College; and Dr. Joachim Kaiser, principal critic for Munich's Süddeutsche Zeitung...
...most significant fact about Central European culture, observes Dr. Joachim Kaiser, is its conservatism. "This is true for two reasons. First, a great many institutions, very much to the regret of the young left, have remained unshakable. These include the theater, the opera, publishing and the world of intellectual and critical journals. In other words, our large culture market functions to semi-freeze developments by maintaining certain traditions, such as the preservation of the classics in our theaters and the repertories of our great orchestras and, above all, our operas...
...West Point cadet's path to graduation is studded with booby traps. He can be "skinned" for a dirty uniform, shaggy hair, a dusty room and a host of other minor offenses. Cadet Joachim Hagopian, 22, of East Longmeadow, Mass., collected 107 demerits for the first half of this year, five more than the maximum permitted, and was therefore dismissed. He decided to appeal to the courts. In New York, Federal Judge Charles L. Brieant Jr. granted a preliminary injunction, ordering the academy to reinstate Hagopian pending a trial. In his 18-page decision, Brieant noted that almost half...
...Majesty Queen Margrethe II." The new Queen of Denmark is also the Countess of Monpezat since her marriage in 1967 to French Count Henri de Laborde de Monpezat, who changed his name to Henrik and became a Danish prince. They have two sons, Prince Frederik, 3, and Prince Joachim...