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Perhaps the most fundamental motif of China's foreign policy has been a concern to secure and defend her borders. When able to attain this end by peaceful and diplomatic means, as in the case of border treaties with Burma and Pakistan, China has done so. But when foreign armies crossed the 38th parallel in Korea and headed for China's Yalu border, Peking ordered its army to stop that threat. And when India refused to allow give-and-take negotiations about a disputed border, the Chinese army took what Peking considered to be her share of the disputed territory...
Oblivious to the political troubles of the Middle East (see THE WORLD), a group of Roman Catholics, Moslems and Jews gathered in Paris last week for an amicable discussion of how they might attain common understanding...
...Negroes, only 5% of the 11,000 officers are black. Of the 380 combat-battalion commands in the war, only two are held by Negro officers. Massachusetts Senator Edward Brooke, during his Viet Nam tour in March, received many complaints that the Negro is not given the opportunity to attain command; he cites the case of a Negro colonel who, when promoted, was given a desk job that had never existed before simply to keep him from being assigned to a line command. One reason, of course, is that too many potential Negro officers lack the educational requirements for command...
...chairman delivered another lecture, this one against speculative trading by institutions. "Increasingly," said Martin, "managers of mutual funds, and portfolio and pension-fund administrators are measuring their success in terms of relatively short-term market performance. In effect, they set a target on a growth stock, attain that target, unload, and then seek other opportunities for quick capital gains." Given the size of their buying power, said Martin, such activity "may virtually corner the market in individual stocks," at the least cause undesirable price fluctuations. "Practices of this nature" said he, "contain poisonous qualities reminiscent of some respects...
...Senate also recommended a continuation of deferments for college students until they attain their degree, reach 24 years of age, or lose their college standing...