Word: uns
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...office is really his; he has been creating it every day. Although the Secretary-General has a constitutional right under the UN Charter to send troops to the Congo, for example, a lesser man than Hammarskjold would have hesitated. And on Oct. 3, when Premier Khrushchev demanded that he resign and proposed the plan to neutralize his office, Hammarskjold characteristically refused--and won a standing ovation from the General Assembly. Equally important, Prime Minister Nehru's speech was symbolic of a growing respect the African and Asian nations entertain for the Secretary-General...
...Chen case would be a disgrace at any time, but for Chiang's American patrons it is particularly disturbing with Premier Khrushchev making loud noises at the UN about a seat for Communist China. Mao has been sufficiently bellicose in the recent past to scare away his usual support from India and other Asian neutrals. Chiang's antics, however, show once again that his friendship (like that of other dictators) is of dubious value for the United States. His dependence on American aid is such that the State Department need not keep quiet while civil liberties die. The lesson...
William's five points for peace were world law (using the UN as start), aid to underdeveloped areas (chiefly through the UN), relief of world tensions (admitting Red China into the UN, for example), a U.S. program on arms control and transition to a "peace-oriented economy," and finally, disarmament...
...AFTERNOON CONCERT--Verdi-Un Ballo in Maschera; Bach-Partita No. 2 for Harpsichord; Hindemith-Die Harmonie der Welt...
What most infuriates Scotsmen is the notion that they are just backwoods Englishmen. Nearly 95,000 Scots still speak Gaelic and 2,000 speak no English. Scots cherish their own, dour Calvinistic church and their distinctive, Roman-influenced legal system, which features 15-man juries, permits the un-English verdict of "not proven"-meaning "we know you did it, but we haven't got enough to pin it on you." With justice, Scotsmen boast that their school system (which teaches the Scottish slant on British history) is superior to England's. The true Scot scorns such English institutions...