Word: charterers
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Taking another tack, the U.S. could introduce a separate procedural resolution declaring that Taipei is a U.N. member in good standing-despite uncertainties about what it represents-and thus could not, under the U.N. charter, be ousted without a two-thirds vote. If either version were successful, Taipei would stay in the U.N.-and Peking probably would, as it has promised, refuse to take its newly won seat...
Last week the first 46 of Hamburg's new teachers arrived via a charter flight paid for by the Germans. "It all sounded like a great adventure," said Newlywed William Woodcock III. "Neither my wife nor I had ever been outside the U.S." The teacher transplant idea is catching on fast. One neighboring German state has started U.S. advertising of its own. Two others have asked Hamburg for the names of the 400 applicants it rejected...
...Taipei would not be an easy one for Japan, and Sato indicated he was not ready to abandon Chiang, especially on Taiwan's membership in the U.N. "How is it possible for us to reject a nation that for long has so faithfully adhered to the United Nations Charter?" Sato asked. "To honor our intentional commitments instead would be the way for us to live up to our reputation as a trustworthy member of the world...
...strong opposition, I pointed out that the issue wasn't whether Red China had one vote in the Assembly or even the veto power. What was really at stake was that admitting Red China to the United Nations would be a mockery of the provision of the charter which limits its membership to "peace-loving nations." And what was most disturbing was that it would give respectability to the Communist regime, which would immensely increase its power and prestige in Asia and probably irreparably weaken the non-Communist governments in that area...
...quest for adventure has led quite a few young wanderers out of Europe and into Asia. Incredibly cheap student charter flights leave almost daily from major cities. Typical fares: London to Bangkok for $185 one way ($528 regular economy fare) and Rome to Istanbul for $46 ($116 economy fare...