Word: arthur
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...Arthur Goldberg had talked so often of resigning as Ambassador to the United Nations that when he actually did it last week, apparently because he would be bypassed in any negotiations with North Viet Nam, there was no surprise left. But the choice of his successor was surprising-until it was analyzed...
Last week the Brazilian Indians' plight caused a worldwide outcry that may just save them from extinction. Newspapers from Rio de Janeiro to Paris and Washington focused on their problems. An open letter asking help for the Indians was sent to Brazilian President Arthur da Costa e Silva by a group of French anthropologists, including Claude Levi-Strauss, who set forth his philosophy of structuralism in Tristes Tropiques, which he wrote after studying the Brazilian Indian (TIME Essay, June 30, 1967). Meeting in Mexico, the sixth Interamerican Indigenist Congress demanded protection for Brazil's Indians, most of whom...
Peace in Viet Nam may still be a long way off, but even the prospect of negotiations has created a new mood for much of U.S. business. As they look toward war's end, most businessmen see economic possibilities that range from pleasant to dazzling. Says Economist Arthur Smith of the First National Bank in Dallas: "No single event would do more good for the nation's economy than ending...
...termed the lengthened list a "tortuous maneuver" to delay talks. Privately, U.S. officials have come to doubt that the North Vietnamese will accept any place on earth first suggested by the U.S. Accordingly, Washington let it be known that it was seeking proposals from third parties. At the U.N., Arthur Goldberg conferred with Secretary-General U Thant. In Washington, Rusk chatted with Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin. Thant has been talking about Paris and a couple of other cities. Though it has criticized U.S. policy in Viet Nam, Paris would meet the basic U.S. requirements. The reason for its omission from...
...economy has been expanding so rapidly that Arthur Okun, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, last week had to reach a long way for a suitably descriptive simile. He settled for "a fat lady munching candy." Said Okun: "Nobody can promise her a lovely figure overnight if she stops nibbling, but the more she overindulges the more serious the risks become...