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...failures contributed to the great deflation. The Berlin Wall gave the world an abiding lesson in the realities of life under Communism. The Chinese invasion of India's borderlands last year recklessly alienated the biggest free-world nation, the leader of the neutralist bloc. The open ideological clash between Moscow and Peking demolished the facade of Communist unity. Khrushchev has political troubles within his own government. When he said in a speech that, having just turned 69, he could not be expected to hold his posts "for all time," Western experts read it as a sign that maneuvering...
...CUBA. The Administration's central objective, essentially negative, is to avoid any action on Cuba that might lead to an armed clash with Russia. That objective extends even to blocking Cuban exile raids from U.S. territory. Only a few weeks ago the President reiterated earlier statements that the presence of Russian troops in Cuba is "unacceptable," and that Communism in Cuba is "not negotiable." But he has not devised ways to translate those words into action, beyond efforts to tighten the economic isolation of Cuba. Last week State Department officials reported that the U.S. is preparing...
Harvard officials stressed yesterday that although they consider all married student housing to be tax exempt, the University does not expect to become involved in any direct clash with the Cambridge Board of Assessors...
...Defense and "made signs against the army," then issued an announcement warning that the "events threaten national unity." At this signal, pro-government demonstrators themselves took to the streets yelling "Bayar, back to your cave," and ransacked Justice Party headquarters. In Istanbul, cops tried to prevent a bloody clash by opening both pontoon bridges across the Golden Horn, thus separating pro-and anti-Bayar groups...
...Edgar was faced with another classic clash of white man's rules with deep-rooted African beliefs. Since the two could not be resolved, Sir Edgar was forced to make his decision on the basis of social patterns he could understand. Ignoring the elders' testimony, he sentenced both men to be hanged...