Word: maneuverability
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Again last week the unions dominated by former Dictator Juan Perón jousted with President Pedro Aramburu by staging a nation-wide general strike. Again Aramburu won the test by virtue of sound planning and unruffled firmness. To keep fhe threatened 48-hour walkout within bounds, he alerted 50...
One clear gainer was Nikita Khrushchev, who had extracted Yugoslav recognition of East Germany in return for Tito's readmission to honorary membership in "the camp of socialism." By this maneuver Khrushchev had forestalled Konrad Adenauer's tentative scheme to try some Bismarckian diplomacy in Eastern Europe. Adenauer...
Controlled for the first time in 22 years by the Conservatives, Canada's Parliament gathered last week in delicate political balance. For Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, heading a ruling minority of no Tories* in a 265-seat House of Commons, the order of business was to pass an ambitious...
Ever since the Syrians made their arms deal with Russia, Turkey has been nervously watching its southern frontier, has sent troops estimated to equal an army corps to "maneuver" near the Syrian bor der. Last week patrols exchanged shots for 45 minutes across the frontier. At week's end...
Across Southeast Asia, thousands of overseas Chinese displayed new loyalty to the red, white and blue banner of the republic. In refugee-swamped Macao, they staged the biggest demonstration since the Reds seized China. In sensitive Hong Kong, far more Chinese showed Nationalist colors on Double Tenth than had displayed...