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...about the Cyprus problem, which last week was returned to the Security Council after U Thant's failure to provide a solution through backstage jockeying. The Greek Cypriots, led by their President, Archbishop Makarios, stubbornly insist that any draft resolution contain a reminder that all U.N. members must refrain under the Charter from tampering by force with the territorial integrity and independence of other members-a device by which Makarios hopes to bar Turkey from interfering with his own island war against the Turkish Cypriot minority...
Said Russell: "I cannot refrain, even if it does harm to the Senator from Illinois, from expressing to him my great admiration for his political courage. It gives one hope for the future of the Republic to see a man who has convictions and the courage to sustain them even though it may endanger his seat in the Senate...
Throughout, Gregory kept echoing a single refrain directed both at Negroes and whites: "Better wake up and see what's happening...
Chou nonetheless had plenty of energy for speechmaking, harped repeatedly on the Peking version of Moscow's we-will-bury-you refrain. Indeed, to hear Chou, the Afro-Asians will bury not only the West but Russia as well. "The Asian and African peoples," he proclaimed, "through their labor and intellect created illustrious civilizations which were demolished by imperialist aggression and tyranny. Now that we have broken the imperialistic shackles, we will be able to work new miracles...
...When he's ready for college, will college be ready for him?" goes a familiar refrain. Last week the U.S. Office of Education announced that U.S. college enrollment has broken all records for the twelfth straight year: 2,140 colleges and universities now enroll 4,529,000 degree-seeking students, up 7.7% over last year and more than double the total in 1951. And the big crush has barely begun...