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Wooing the Russians. If Europe settles on a single system, that system is sure to spread over much of Africa and parts of Asia too. The chances of a firm verdict from Vienna look slim, however, because any committee finding must be unanimous; moreover, a decision would not bind any nation to go along. Yet the weight of majority opinion is expected to influence some vacillating nations to adopt one system or another, and Western Europe is so sharply split that the Soviet bloc will probably tip the Vienna vote...
...subordinates arise from a common perception: The General is an extraordinary man, and an extraordinarily able President. Almost single-handedly he has kept France among the great powers. His political acumen, his sureness of direction, and the legend of his leadership in World War II are the cords that bind the restless elements of the Fifth Republic into a coordinated, going enterprise. Gaullists would claim that a realistic essay of his value to France more than justifies his self-righteousness. Like the late Frank Lloyd Wright, De Gaulle sees no point in concealing his natural conceit...
...state's Baptist seminary for Negroes. Visiting Christian Union, he thought, "This is the smoke of the burning Bibles, the sacrifice and prayers of poor people struggling for justice." As he stared at the charred remains, he repeated the words of Isaiah: "He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted ... to give unto them beauty for ashes...
...able convincingly to threaten a French withdrawal if he does not get his way on a specific matter. As long as only the industrial half of the E.E.C. was forging ahead, full economic union was impossible. With the addition of the agricultural half in 1967, the ties that bind the Six will draw so tight that a future threat to leave the Common Market-by France or any of the Six-will be virtually impossible...
...Ties That Bind. Bonn sees in the U.S. its only outside hope for some day persuading the Russians to permit the reunification of the German nation. London, shut out of European integration, is caught in a financial crisis that only dollar backing can help solve. France, alone of Europe's Big Three, has neither external nor internal troubles requiring the special aid of the U.S., thus can hold out for considerable independence. But Paris frankly acknowledges that, despite the incipient French atomic force, it will be dependent for years to come on the American nuclear arsenal for real protection...