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Need for Calm. First to go was Guinea's flamboyant Sékou Touré. Infinitely more distressing to No. 10 Downing Street was the break made by Tanzania's Julius Nyerere, a Commonwealth member and a moderate. Genuinely reluctant, Nyerere acted on what he obviously considered to be a moral question, made it clear that he hoped to remain in the Commonwealth and even resume relations with Britain if Rhodesia's rebellion was put down. But for the moment, he was breaking with Britain. So were Ghana, Mali, Egypt and the Sudan; there were signs that...
...time to deal with this situation. Calm, cool counsels are more likely to settle this issue. If passions take control, this mad action could be the beginning of a new and more dangerous conflict, unlike any in world history." Before he began to speak, 25 African delegates (including eight Commonwealth representatives) had walked out on him. Snapped Tanzania's Ambassador John Malecela: "Africa feels the United Kingdom is stalling...
This adds up to a lot of walling and gnashing of teeth on Commonwealth Avenue, as well as some relief for the Crimson at 8 p.m. tonight. The Terriers have already lost three of four games this year. They bowed to UMass, 65 to 49, beat American International, 83 to 55, lost to Dartmouth, 79 to 57, and were whipped by W.P.I...
...chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Senator William Fulbright is in a unique position to know what is happening in the world-and manages to sound that way. Nonetheless, in Canberra last week, on his way to a Commonwealth parliamentary conference in New Zealand, the usually oracular Fulbright shocked proud Australians by admitting he was "not aware" of Australia's commitment (1,550 men) to Viet Nam. In any case, he added loftily, he did not favor "great wars." Sensitive Aussies, who have been divided on their own role in the war, reacted predictably. Snapped Labor M.P. Albert...
...pass within two blocks of Central Square. The Inner Belt itself will have eight lanes and the service roads that must run parallel to it will add another four or six. Clearly, the prospect isn't either pretty or pleasing, and the City Council has consistently informed the Commonwealth of its opposition to "any and all Belt routes" through Cambridge...