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...enough. Rockefeller was for a second try at Castro after the Bay of Pigs and he supported the nuclear test agreement reluctantly. He was the country's leading enthusiast for the delusion that there could be civil defense against nuclear war. He was for U.S. intervention in the Congo, where the Rockefellers have extensive interests and as late as March 19, 1967, he was fervent in his support of Johnson in Vietnam...
Another problem is that many of the island's 43,000 foreign residents-principally Australians and Chinese traders. whose skills are needed-have been leaving in increasing numbers. They fear the kind of bloody anarchy that swept the Congo after it gained independence in 1960. Among the portents: a rising rate of urban crime, squatter slums and the occasional stoning of whites. There have been reports that some tribesmen are already picking out white-owned houses and autos they expect to get when total independence comes...
...policy responsibilities assigned to him amply demonstrate that the founding fathers intended that the Chief Executive use decisive, independent military power when necessary. As a practical matter, Nixon continued, under the new law "we may well have been unable to respond" in the Cuban missile crisis of 1962, the Congo rescue operation in 1964 and other international crises that called for strong U.S. action. Moreover, he charged, the restrictions "give every future Congress the ability to handcuff every future President merely by doing nothing and sitting still," since the Chief Executive needs specific approval to continue operations past...
Elsewhere in the world, there were clear signs that the Chilean President had gained instant martyrdom among radicals, alongside Patrice Lumumba of the Congo (now Zaire) and Che Guevara. In Paris, a crowd of 30,000 marched through the streets shouting, "Down with the murderers and the CIA!" In Rome, there were sympathetic work stoppages and eulogies proclaiming that "Allende is an idea that does not die." Even moderate politicians publicly regretted that another republic had succumbed to rule by junta. The West German government, for instance, expressed its "deep dismay" and its hope that "democratic conditions will soon return...
...real goal at the manor is babymaking. This is a zookeeper's greatest challenge, since many animals refuse to cooperate even under conditions that seem ideal−to the human eye. Durrell recalls the case of a Congo peacock and peahen that kept trying unsuccessfully to mate. "One day I noticed that their feathers were getting too dry, so we sprayed them with water. Suddenly, bang! Success!" Durrell also warns against expecting animals to take an automatic liking to each other. "We humans seem to think we have a monopoly on love. How would you feel if you were...