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...Spanish were less concerned about the plight of Gibraltar's 25,000 inhabitants than about the state of their own pride, which is badly stung by Britain's continued hold on the base the British wangled in the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713. Spain's cause won moral support two years ago from the United Nations' committee on colonialism, which bade the British negotiate. Bowing, the British finally agreed to hear out the Spanish, then found a way to further stall the proceedings. The method Britain chose was to propose that the matter be referred...
Risk & Riposte. Many U.S. military men naturally want to tighten the screws, chiefly by increased bombing. Stung by the criticism that air power has failed to stem North Vietnamese infiltration, they argue that, even though prohibited from hitting the North's most important targets, they have managed to knock out two-thirds of its petroleum supply, to keep 250,000 people constantly at work repairing bomb damage, and to deny Communist units 50% of the supplies that combat soldiers normally need...
This has not proved to be the case. Reagan, stung by charges that he was avoiding the issues, seems to have lost his taste for folksy, luxuriantly-staged presentations most appealing to viewers. During his official campaign kick-off program he presented a long, rapdily-delivered, issue-load...
...eight Ivy League football teams swing into full action against each other this afternoon, and the two teams which were stung last Saturday are likely to be doing the stinging today...
...particularly on the man in the White House. Lyndon Johnson is something of a Populist who agrees with Truman that money should be easier. But-as with so many other things lately-he has done nothing to offset the rising rates except talk about them. Truman's prodding stung him sharply. "I, too, am concerned about the interest-rate rise and what it means to many Americans," protested the President, but he denied that the increase had put the economy "in danger of recession or depression." Rather, said Johnson, "the tightness of money reflects the buoyancy of our economy...