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Word: neutral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...whose foreign office had almost ceased to function as a result of the ravages of Mao Tse-tung's Cultural Revolution. In 1966-67, Peking recalled its ambassadors from all over the world. Even now it has replaced only one in Eastern Europe-in Rumania, which has remained neutral in the Sino-Soviet quarrel. Late last year, presumably in a test of the new Nixon Administration, the Chinese agreed to a single meeting in Warsaw in February, only to cancel it abruptly after a Chinese diplomat in Holland defected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: CHINA: ON THE VERGE OF SPEAKING TERMS | 12/26/1969 | See Source »

...some of them, indeed, already are. In politics, West Germany during the '70s will gain the same kind of pre-eminence in Europe that Japan will have in Asia, and for much the same reason: economic prowess. It is not inconceivable that Bonn would opt for a neutral status between East and West if the Soviet Union offered reunification of the two Germanys. Some 30 years after they landed, most American troops will probably have been withdrawn from Europe. Almost as an afterthought, Great Britain will finally be admitted to the Common Market...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From The '60s to The 70s: Dissent and Discovery | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

Long-Run Loss? The law has just been upheld by a 2-to-1 vote of a panel of three federal judges. Its chief purpose, said the majority, is to "promote the welfare of the people." While it may indirectly benefit sectarian teaching, the state remains neutral toward religion-just as it does in providing parochial schoolchildren with free lunches, a practice already considered legal. Because the Pennsylvania law does not "advance or inhibit religion," said the majority, it satisfies the First Amendment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Saving Parochial Schools | 12/19/1969 | See Source »

Harvard skated well, as well as it has all season. Its passing at least in its own end and within the neutral zone, was certainly adequate...

Author: By John L. Powers, | Title: Puckers Defeated; Thinclads Destroy Army | 12/15/1969 | See Source »

Tails They Win. Though the neutral Finns are excellent hosts, the Americans were extremely unhappy about security arrangements. No more than 100 yds. from the U.S. consulate, where the 26-man American delegation has its temporary offices, there are three apartment buildings. U.S. security men suspect that KGB agents, who are known to be active in Helsinki, have set up electronic surveillance devices in them in order to eavesdrop on the American delegation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: SMILES AND SUSPICION AT SALT | 11/28/1969 | See Source »

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