Word: considerable
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Hubert Humphrey has seldom doubted that the Republicans would nominate Richard Nixon. But he could hardly conceal his elation when Nixon won, and then chose Spiro Agnew as a running mate. More confident than ever of his party's nomination, Humphrey felt more at leisure to consider his choice...
Political squabbles, economic pressures and social problems add to the government's burden. The Assembly, a hawkish group of men mostly from a middle class that stands to lose more from peace than the war-weary peasantry, distrusts Huong. Assembly members consider him soft on the issue of negotiations...
An editorial in the official Peking People's Daily ordered an end to factionalism, support for the army and the army-dominated revolutionary committees, and abandonment of the "mountain-stronghold mentality" by those who consider themselves more Maoist than Mao himself. These people, said the paper, are "swell-headed...
Sabah's mixed population of 600,000 consider themselves Malaysian and like it. But the nearby Philippine Sulu islanders would like to share in Sabah's booming economy, and that is how Manila gets into the act. The Philippine Sulus are putting considerable pressure on the Manila government to get hold of the territory. Acting for the Sultan's heirs, who live in the Philippines, the Manila government claims that the original agreement merely leased Sabah to the British instead of ceding it. Last month, talks in Bangkok broke down, and Manila threatened to withdraw its ambassador...
New Delhi will not consider independence for the Nagas, even though it has held desultory discussions with the rebels. "Nagaland has more autonomy than any other state," says an Indian official. "They have so much freedom that they don't know what to do with it." Government policy has...