Word: bannered
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Luce urged his listeners to carry the case for world law "to all politicians and to all the governments of the world." Said he: "So far as I know, no President or Prime Minister has put the rule of law at the top of his political banner," but the "rule of law can become good politics." In six days of deliberations, the jurists modestly began "the work of the law" by surveying the world's existing legal framework and making suggestions for improvement. Main conclusions...
...When the Peace Corps first landed in St. Lucia, there was skepticism behind the welcoming speeches. 'Here they come,' said one socially prominent St. Lucian woman, 'straight from school to people who manage very nicely earning nothing-to teach them about refrigeration and The Star-Spangled Banner.' But today, America's Peace Corpsmen in St. Lucia have assimilated themselves into the St. Lucian society with an enthusiasm that would have made the first missionaries quake in horror. They are on first-name terms with thousands...
...pageant in Washington, D.C., a sailor emptied a pistol at a spectator who refused to rise for The Star-Spangled Banner, and the crowd cheered. In Hammond, Ind., a jury took only two minutes to acquit the assassin of an alien who yelled: "To hell with the U.S." In Waterbury, Conn., a salesman was sentenced to six months in jail for remarking that Lenin was "one of the brainiest" of the world's leaders...
Things did not work out as planned. Semiofficial results last week confirmed that Hassan's party had won only 69 seats, four short of a majority. Moreover, seven of nine Cabinet ministers running for the House under the King's banner lost their races, and the two opposition parties, the nationalist Istiqlal and the left-leaning National Union of Popular Forces, showed startling strength, winning 43 and 28 seats respectively. If they ganged up in a coalition, the two groups might be able to control the House. Steamed up by their new prestige, opposition leaders were already demanding...
...Security Council bucked the issue back to the Organization of American States. The OAS voted to send a second peacemaking group to Hispaniola with a broader mandate to keep peace on the explosive island and pressed Haiti to guarantee the safety of opposition Haitians. Under the OAS Banner. The U.S. plans to "proceed in company with the OAS," said President Kennedy last week, and would consider sanctions on Haiti only if present negotiations failed. A task force, with U.S. Marines aboard, maneuvered in the Gulf of Gonaïves within sight of Haiti's dun-colored mountains. Helicopters from...