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...variety of dubious grounds, including the fact that a 9th century Burmese kingdom once paid tribute to China's T'ang emperors, Chinese rulers from the Empress Dowager to Chiang Kai-shek claimed large chunks of northern Burma. The Chinese Reds, after their conquest of mainland China in 1949, redrew the map to show the disputed areas as part of China, and then waited for history to confirm their...
Hopefully, the government described the Algerian war taxes as "temporary and extraordinary." Last week, however, as Moslem residents of Algiers marked the 126th anniversary of French conquest of the city with a one-day general strike, there seemed little likelihood that France would soon be able to withdraw the enormous (half a million men) and expensive ($2.9 million a day) force it currently maintains in Algeria. And, temporary or not, the new taxes clearly point to a continuation of the steady price rise, which since January has increased the minimum budget on which a Parisian family of four can live...
...Harriman Line. With Kennan's basic argument Harriman could hardly disagree more. The disarming Soviet policy of coexistence was set before Stalin's death, Harriman says, and the Soviets still seek world conquest, "but throwing off Stalin makes the new line more plausible." Writing in the Atlantic, he argues that U.S. foreign policy must derive from "moral strength," and especially that the U.S. must "succeed once again in identifying ourselves with anti-colonialism rather than with colonialism...
Victory at the Polls. Stridently, the landlords appealed to the bishop. "That priest is a social agitator," said Daniel Perez, whose family has held the same land since the Spanish conquest. The bishop took heed. "If you run as a candidate, you will be suspended," he warned the priest. Zamorano-torn between his superior and his backers-decided to run. He won, last month...
...father assured him) "conceived ... on one of the highest peaks of the Vosges, in the course of a journey from Luneville to Besançon"-and this, to Victor, was topographical confirmation of his title to eminence in life. His very name was a triumphant blend of conquest and personal identity, and his war cry was Ego Hugo! "If I had any doubt of my ability to take the foremost place, and to rank above all my rivals," he said, "I would give up writing and become a lawyer tomorrow...