Word: switzerland
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Nowadays, the only paintings in Rivera's studio besides his own are out-&-out abstractions by Russian Vassily Kandinsky and Switzerland's Paul Klee. "I like them," says Rivera, "because I have an educated nose. But I don't confuse myself and my friends and the art critics with the millions. I myself have always wanted to paint for the millions-and so I stick to my idea of a clear, firm, simple and precise art that everyone can understand...
Born. To King Michael, 27, deposed King of Rumania, and Princess Anne of Bourbon-Parma, 25, member of Denmark's royal family: their first child, a daughter; in Lausanne, Switzerland. Name: Margrethe. Weight...
...National Currencies Per One United States Dollar. Official Bank Rate March 15 Rate in the U.S. Country Austria (shillings) 10 30 Belgium (francs) 46.8 49 Czechoslovakia (koruny) 50 600 Finland (markkas) 135 400 France (francs) 214 370 Italy (lire) 575 650 Netherland (guilders) 2.6 4 Spain (pesetas) 10.5 31 Switzerland (francs) 4.28 3.98 Countries In the Sterling Block England (pound) $4.03 1/2 $3.35 Ireland (pound) 4.05 3.60 Egypt (pound) 4.15 2.80 S. Africa (pound) 4.03 1/2 3.25 India (rupee...
...good teachers at the Polytechnic Academy in Zurich, Switzerland, but somehow, looking back, he was not satisfied. For one thing, he had not grasped the importance of mathematics soon enough: "I saw that mathematics was split into numerous specialties, each one of which could easily absorb the short lifetime granted us. Consequently, I saw myself in the position of Buridan's ass*. . . unable to decide...
Last week, with the two-man and four-man bobsled championships of the world to be decided, the tourists were kept on the sidelines. Hell-for-leathers from three nations-France, Switzerland and the U.S. -used oil and emery-paper to make their sleds even slicker and faster. One of the bobbers was 235-lb. Bill Casey, brakeman for one of the U.S. four-man entries. While the two-man championships were being run, Casey lined up with the spectators at perilous Shady Corner, a hairpin curve that has to be taken just right...