Word: asian
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...vote, the Ten agreed not only to continue seeking some kind of reform but also to broaden deliberations by including the 20-member executive board of the International Monetary Fund. Half the board is drawn from Group of Ten nations, but the other members represent African, Arab, Asian and Latin American countries, which will now be able to insert poor-nation needs and notions into the debate and perhaps break the longtime deadlock...
Where The Bacchae is less than successful, it is because of a few uncomfortable performances. The Bacchae themselves--Asian women who follow Dionysus--are a mixed lot. As Pentheus, Jim Shuman gives an uneven, never quite powerful enough performance; but he does convey the weakness of mind and irritability of Thebes' mortal ruler...
...known yesterday what teaching, if any, Reischauer would do in the Fall. A statement from the University News Office said that he was "expected" to lecture in the "History of Asian Civilization," an undergraduate course; neither the History Department or the Center for East Asian Studies knew of his teaching plans...
...Goodwin has doubts about a genuine American interest in defending any country in the area except India-it is "inconceivable" not to use "the full force of American power" to protect India against aggression. But there is a general "almost idealistic" American "judgment," he concedes, that favors helping other Asian lands against conquest by "a hostile power." He has no use for the "Chinese sphere of influence" concession advanced by some dovish intellectuals. On the other hand, "we are not compelled to fight for every inch of Asian soil or hazard war each time Chinese influence begins to grow...
...heavy increase in the number of purges in high places indicates that we are reaching a turning point in Red China, Donald W, Klein, research fellow in East Asian Studies, said last night before an ARFEP audience in Boylston Hall...