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Information Minister M'hammed Yazid hastened to inform newsmen that "we are all very fond of one another and on the best of terms." But Premier Benkhedda, watching a hundred thousand Moroccans lining the seven-mile route to Rabat and screaming "Yaeesh Ben Bella!" (Long live Ben Bella), could well be wondering if the return of an old comrade might not mean the rise of a political rival...
...last week-it had been busy as usual-President Kennedy went to National Airport to bid a fond farewell to his wife, off on her trip to India. He intently watched as the plane began to move; when he saw Jackie wave from the window, he broke into a grin. As for himself, he was about to take off for Florida and a weekend rest-and also for a bit of politicking, which to him is both recreation and lifeblood, and one of the reasons he is able to stay on top of his job and feel jaunty...
...form of the chapter headings." Replied the normally urbane Sir Charles: "I would only want to respond on the plane of reason, and this does not afford such an opportunity." - Bravely breasting the chill Moscow winds, Hollywood's touring Kim Novak, 29. showed up in Red Square with fond hopes of thawing out the cold war in a cultural offensive of sorts. Her dreams of starring in a U.S.-Soviet co-production were heightened as U.S. Producer Lester Cowan and Soviet state film makers agreed to collaborate on a screen version of Novelist Mitchell Wilson's Meeting...
...Merit is very fond of test scores. Despite the vast quantities of evaluation that schools supply about National Merit Scholarship candidates, the scores seem to be crucial. The Center for the Study of Higher Education administered some personality tests to students after National Merit made its scholarship awards, and discovered that while a criterion called Complexity of Outlook distinguished winning girls from the runners-up, Scholastic Aptitude scores were the only other significant difference between either male or female winners and those...
...conference-table combat waged over the past nine months, Joxe consistently maintained a leisurely manner. Unlike many French diplomats, he believes in frankness, is fond of quoting Aristide Briand's axiom: "When circumstances are really important, one must say the same thing to everybody." He refused to give way on the key issues: continued French ownership of Sahara oil and stringent guarantees for Algeria's European minority. The first round of talks broke up last June after only three weeks; a second conference, in July, foundered after only eight days. When the Algerians cried that "the debate...