Word: acted
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Every attack . . . against the territory . . . sovereignty or political independence of an American State shall . . . be considered as an act of aggression against the other States which sign this declaration...
This ringing declaration, formulated two years ago in Mexico City and agreed to by all 21 of the American republics, is the heart of the Act of Chapultepec. It has brought a new concept to hemispheric policy...
Opposite Corners. Despite the kiss-&-make-up act that followed Braden's resignation, the U.S. and Argentina still stand in their traditional opposite corners. Argentina, fearful of her sovereignty, demands unanimous agreement among the Americas before squelching aggressors. She is alone in her stand. Last week the conference host, aging Brazilian Foreign Minister Raúl Fernandes (TIME, Aug. 4), said publicly that he hoped Argentina would change her mind...
Devotion to Dissonance. Composer Einem's six-act opera was full of clashing, dissonant stridencies, which reflected his devotion to Hindemith, Stravinsky and Mussorgsky, and perhaps his admiration of Duke Ellington. Temperamental, giant-sized (6 ft. 6 in.) Conductor Otto Klemperer found it troublesome to rehearse. He packed his bag, boarded a train for Switzerland. Klemperer's Hungarian assistant was rushed in to take his place...
Died. Harry Bartow Hawes, 77, one-time Representative and later Senator from Missouri, co-author of the Hawes-Cutting (Philippine Independence) Act and a great booster for conservation of the wild game he loved to hunt; of a heart ailment; in Washington...