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...Williams College, where he majored in political science. Bernie came to TIME as a copy boy in 1939. He moved fast. By 1946 he was assistant circulation director for TIME, LIFE and FORTUNE. (His World War II service included two years with the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps in Burma and India.) He became TIME'S circulation director in 1951. In the nine years that he held that key post, TIME'S circulation grew from 1,651,-372 to the present base of 2,450,000 (more than 3,000,000 worldwide for all TIME editions...
...triumphal comeback for a fourth term as Burma's Premier, roly-poly U Nu put on the saffron robes of a Buddhist monk and retired into a monastery outside Rangoon for four days' silent contemplation. Then, wrapped again in his traditional, pale blue longyi and looking uncommonly mellow for the rough old campaigner he is, U Nu stepped last week before a Parliament in which his Union Party had won a thumping two-thirds majority in last February's elections, and proclaimed: "We are determined not to repeat the mistakes of the past...
...time. U Nu acknowledged, "we bit off more than we could chew. We propose not to embark on any new state enterprise, and, in particular, not to nationalize any existing industry now in private hands." Topping off his speech, U Nu repeated his most cherished pledge-to make Buddhism Burma's state religion...
...Tibet and its arrogant claims to territory all along Tibet's southern borders, Red China has been working overtime lately to put its neigh bors back to sleep. In January, Red China agreed to recognize the traditional (but never actually marked) McMahon Line as its common border with Burma. Last week Red China agreed to establish a joint committee to delineate with Nepal its boundary with Tibet. Until the committee completes its work, both nations agreed to "ensure tranquillity" by refraining from sending troops within 20 kilometers of the presumed border...
...anti-Communist Nepalese Premier B. P. Koirala. had the makings of a further Red Chinese penetration of the little Himalayan kingdom. A $21 million economic-aid agreement signed at the same time gave China the right, denied in a previous aid pact, to send in Chinese technicians. With Burma and Nepal thus tranquilized, Red China prepared to tackle its toughest border disagreement, i.e., with Jawaharlal Nehru's India. Much to the uneasiness of India's antiCommunists, New Delhi announced that Chou En-lai's April 19 visit to New Delhi to "talk about" the India-Red China...