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...ever closer to the direct negotiations that could put an end to five years of bloodshed in Algeria. Day after day, diplomats and intermediaries crisscrossed North Africa to exchange hints and glances in the feverish, delicate task of preparing bargaining positions. Rebel "President" Ferhat Abbas flew to Rabat to consult Morocco's King Mohammed V, whose son, Crown Prince Moulay Hassan, had established direct contact with Charles de Gaulle. The Paris weekly Jours de France quoted Abbas as telling its correspondent: "De Gaulle is a big caid [chief], and I am a big caid...
...proposal to consult student preference concerning the balance between overcrowding and increased rents received support yesterday from several Masters, Deans, and students...
...name of France and of the Republic, by virtue of the power granted to me by the Constitution to consult its citizens-and if God lets me live and the people listen to me-I pledge myself to ask the Algerians in their twelve departments what, when all is said and done, they wish...
...calmer reaction came from the Ottawa Journal: "If Mr. Kearns had taken the trouble to consult a few informed, responsible people, in Toronto, he would have avoided being 'shocked,' would have discovered that the Canadians who are crying havoc about U.S. investment are the sort of people who are always crying havoc about something and are not representative of Canadian opinion. Mr. Kearns then might have spared us his own excited talk...
...matter of course for suggestions; today the industry is beginning to think twice about accepting such correction. Producers question the possibility of ever getting the council to spell out a clear opinion. Said one movieman: "The Protestants are not like the Catholics, or even the Jews, whom you can consult and get a fairly definite position. The Baptists disagree even among themselves, let alone with the Presbyterians...