Word: belief
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...agree to anything that would tend to increase the Communist balance of military power, believe the East Germans should sign the agreement, say they are not advocating a prohibition on nuclear weapons in Germany. But NATO's General Lauris Norstad went on record last week with his belief that any move toward thinning out Western forces in Germany would be potentially catastrophic for the West. Result of the Eisenhower-Macmillan talks: strong disagreement on both the freeze and thinning...
...Contrary to general Washington belief that too much aid goes for military forces and too little for economic buildup, more money should go to military assistance-and most of the proposed $400 million increase should go to put hardware in the pipeline for NATO forces. But the $2.3 billion that the President has requested for economic aid is "the minimum...
...Sleeve. Obviously Nikita Khrushchev had not overnight abandoned his belief that "Social Democrats are the worst enemies of the working class." nor were the Socialists of Western Europe eager to revive their prewar Popular Front with the Communists: too many of their comrades have died in Arctic prison camps. Nonetheless, Socialists continue to tug at the sleeve of the conservative governments of their countries with insistent demands for Western "flexibility" in negotiations with Russia...
...readers of Mountolive will be sharply aware that they are encountering an acute intelligence pursuing a grand design. The book ends with a rise of tension as Nessim's brother, a naive savage armed with a bullwhip and a Messianic impulse, is brutally slain. Faithful to his belief that "truth is what most contradicts itself," Author Durrell fails to be explicit about the murderer. It may be Nessim, Justine, or even agents of King Farouk's lethargic government. Presumably, this cliffhanger conclusion will be solved in Clea, the last volume of the quartet, scheduled for publication next year...
...United Nations Council, "Harvard's International Relations Club," has around 150 members, of whom at least 20 are "hard core." Based on an "interest in foreign affairs and a belief that the UN is a good organization," the Council is nonpartisan. In '56, both Stevenson pins and Ike buttons appeared in exec board meetings, and president Eldon Eisenach '60 said that "impartiality is the secret of our success...