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...airplane. But he possesses a virtue rare in Italy. He is a born listener. He patiently attended while the feuding faction leaders talked themselves out, then shyly pointed out to Scelba's fans that they were being used as Fanfani's tools. With that, the rightists withdrew Scelba's Cabinet candidacy, settled for two new lesser Cabinet posts. Fanfani was not consulted until everything else was set. Then Moro told a minor Senator to call him and offer him the Foreign Ministry. Sourly, Fanfani accepted...
...face be cause it welshed on a rice deal (TIME, Feb. 18). Last week in Indonesia, once the brightest Red Chinese hope in Southeast Asia, the deputy chairman of the Communist Party went on trial for leading a revolt against the government, and the now-dominant army leaders huffily withdrew their ambassador to Peking for "consultation." Peking has fallen into disrepute in most of Africa, where it has failed to produce on its big promises of aid. Even hard-lining, Peking-backing Albania (which Chou En-lai called "the flower garden of socialism") is showing symptoms of a turn politically...
...Withdrew After Failure
After the failure of the Three Princesses Copley withdrew again into historical themes. The mammoth
Flipflops. Early in the campaign, the candidates almost had an issue. Lehman's name appeared on a newspaper advertisement supporting Johnson's policy in Viet Nam while Kupferman said that the U.S. should get out of Viet Nam "as soon as possible." Lehman withdrew his name from a second pro-Johnson ad. Kupferman explained hastily that it would be "unthinkable" for the U.S. to dishonor its commitment. Each accused the other of "flipflopping" as they came out shoulder to shoulder in favor of continuing the war and all-out efforts to seek peace. In 1964 Lindsay...