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...Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk said after a mob of students and agitators tore up the U.S. and British embassies in Phnompenh last spring: "The riots were inexcusable but comprehensible. They translated the legitimate exasperation of Cambodian youth before the repeated humiliations inflicted on their country by the Anglo-Saxon powers." Of course the riots were comprehensible. Sihanouk had organized them...
Compromised Dignity. It is Historian Boyd's argument that Hamilton's machinations "compromised the national dignity and the national interest" of the new republic and weakened its hand in the continuing negotiations with Whitehall. Thus, when an Anglo-American agreement finally emerged in 1794, the U.S. secured almost none of the concessions it had sought, including trade reciprocity in the Caribbean. Its signer, Chief Justice John Jay, was hanged in effigy, and the agreement is still known as "Jay's treaty." But Boyd believes that its name, and the effigy, should have been Hamilton...
...Nationalist government, composed mostly of Dutch-descended Boers, also fears that canned TV programs from the U.S. and Britain would further "anglicize" South Africa, 37% of whose white population is English-speaking. Beyond that, the Nationalists feel that Anglo-Saxon liberalism reflected in such programs could subtly undermine apartheid-although a good packager ought to be able to find some pretty safe fare. Still, Hertzog accuses South Africa's English-dominated business community, and specifically Diamond Tycoon Harry F. Oppenheimer, of plotting to bring in television, which could mean "the destruction of white South Africa...
...White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant, middle class voters expect moral standards to rise with prosperity, he said. Wilson attributed their resentment of the federal government to increasing crime which, he said, is a result of higher incomes and more personal freedom...
...Labor government (see THE WORLD) put through a stern pound-protecting program. A new 15% tax on manufactured imports will have the effect of doubling tariffs, adding 28? to a bottle of sherry and $225 to a Volkswagen. The government also started to "re-examine" the joint Anglo-French projects to build the Channel tunnel and the Concorde supersonic jet transport (the French feel certain that Britain will try to pull out of the Concorde). On top of that, the government announced a tax kickback for exporters, amounting to 1.5% of the value of goods shipped...