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...General as a man supremely equipped with the inner resources, courage, stamina and imperturbable tact to make the U.N. work. The book uses considerable inside knowledge as it follows Hammarskjöld through every major crisis of his day: McCarthyism, the aftermath ot Korea, Suez, Hungary, Lebanon, Algeria, the Congo...
...hated violence. His pictures and the accompanying biographical recollections by friends and colleagues reveal him as a man of courage, kindness and a very clear eye. But Burrows' images, which run back over the news events of the past 20 years in places like India, the Belgian Congo and Viet Nam, bear the saddest sort of witness to the way men use each other and their world...
...made famous when as a young woman she went to live with tribes in Samoa and New Guinea. Though he lacks Mead's robust good sense, Turnbull is well remembered for The Forest People, which he wrote a decade ago about his years with the Pygmies of the Congo...
Kennecott's action has shaken other developing nations, which grudgingly depend on big foreign firms to develop their resources. Later this month mining ministers of Peru, Zambia and Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo) will meet in Santiago to discuss with Chilean officials how best to counter Kennecott's thrust. The court battle could hardly have come at a worse time for Chile, which gets about 70% of its foreign currency from copper sales. The country is already boiling with political and social unrest, and teetering on the edge of bankruptcy. Obviously, Kennecott's offensive is likely...
...MOST CRIPPLING factor for the rebel groups is their disunity which has persisted to this day. The UPA still concentrates its efforts in the North, and is recognized by Zaire (formerly the Belgian Congo). The MPLA has shifted its principal efforts to the vast, underpopulated areas of the East of Angola. It is supported by neighboring Zambia...