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...imme diately rolled. The Governor of French Somaliland was fired, the vice president of the local government council was whisked off for "extended leave" in France, and hundreds of agitators were expelled to the neighboring Somali Re public. Still the riots continued, and last week a disturbed De Gaulle acknowl edged that something might be wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Somaliland: Costly Choice | 9/30/1966 | See Source »

Perturbation-Proof. Avtorkhanov's book may tempt some readers to conclude that Communism carries the seeds of its own failure. The author acknowl edges that Russia has flopped as an industrialist (half the state enterprises are run at a loss), as. a farmer, even as a seminal example to other Communist states. Writes Avtorkhanov of the deepening schism between Moscow and Peking: "The contradictions are so deep that in perspective they make war between these two Communist states, if not unavoidable, at least fully possible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: The System | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

Official Washington last week acknowl edged what most businessmen have long realized: there is no boom in view...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: State of Business: Strong -- But Sluggish | 4/6/1962 | See Source »

...Eden argued later that Britain had acted only on behalf of the U.N. But the U.N. protested the British action 64-5. Vice Admiral Pierre Barjot, deputy allied commander, was more blunt in acknowl edging the allies' true motive: "Soldiers, sailors and aviators," he declared in an order of the day, "at the moment when you were about to enter as conquerors of the principal city of the Suez Canal, a cease-fire was ordered. But your efforts and your courage have wiped out the affronts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Driven Man | 11/19/1956 | See Source »

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