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...much. This week, for example, Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer was banned with no fuss, no hysteria, no monkey-trial shenanigans. It was a reasonable hearing in which reasonable men argued their sides before a reasonable judge. Yet the decision revealed that this is still the commonwealth of the Yahoos, the Grundys and the Comstocks...
...Britain as a nation. "The wind of change blowing through Africa has become a hurricane." said Osagyefo. "Whatever else is blown into the limbo of history, the personal regard and affection which we have for Your Majesty will remain unaffected." Ignoring leftist advisers, who want him to leave the Commonwealth, Nkrumah lifted his glass to toast the Queen as head of the Commonwealth, and the Commonwealth itself...
...carefully drafted reply, the Queen went out of her way to assure Nkrumah that differences of opinion do not mean that anyone must leave the Commonwealth. "Many people have said many things about this Commonwealth of ours." she said. "We know it is a group of equals; a family of like-minded peoples, whatever their differences of religion, political systems, circumstances, and races. We know that in this family group, no member loses one jot of its own sovereignty or individuality...
...hemisphere." So saying, President Kennedy last week chose a man to run the U.S. end of the Alliance and help make it a going concern. His choice: José Teodoro Moscoso, 50, the Puerto Rican economic planner who was in large measure responsible for the success of the island commonwealth's Operation Bootstrap and now serves ably as U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela...
Moscoso is the first to understand that what worked in Puerto Rico, with its special commonwealth ties to the U.S., is not necessarily the solution for the rest of Latin America. But he does insist that a common foundation exists, and that is "a sense of purpose and an understanding of the sacrifices needed.'' From Puerto Rico's experience, he spells out three prerequisites for development...