Word: disarrayed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Undeniably, the Washington decision strengthens De Gaulle's hand in the forthcoming referendum and elections. To political opponents who have criticized him for putting NATO in disarray, De Gaulle can now answer that if the U.S. were really quarreling with France, it would not be selling her a nuclear-powered sub. To Frenchmen and other Europeans who have opposed de Gaulle's independent nuclear force, he can cite the Nautilus sale as proof that even the U.S. accepts France as a nuclear power...
...Western alliance, as usu al, seemed in disarray, and practical moves toward Western European unity were for the time being suspended. Yet the relentless logic of what Harold Macmillan called Europe's new Renaissance made it plain that union will come, and that it will strengthen the alliance...
...television one afternoon last week, De Gaulle warned that unless he got the massive support he wanted, he might abandon France to the political and economic disarray from which he had rescued it in 1958. Cried De Gaulle: "The weight and influence of France, so recently considered the 'sick man of Europe,' are recognized today throughout the world!" Taking personal credit-with good reason-for France's present political stability, sound money and favorable trade balance, he said: "For myself, each yes that you give me will be proof of your confidence and your encouragement...
...prestigious' Hbomb arsenal in hopes of halting the spread of nuclear weapons. In the past, party officials have seriously discussed pooling forces to put up "Lib-Lab" candidates at the next election. However, Liberal Party Leader Jo Grimond last week took full advantage of the Socialists' disastrous disarray on Common Market membership. Pressing home his bluntest attacks yet on Labor, Grimond declared: "The Labor Party is losing its soul-just as the Liberals are gaining their feet...
...them the week before. More than 300 East Berliners turned out for the funeral of Peter Fechter, the 18-year-old bricklayer who had been shot and left to die while trying to cross the Wall. Surest sign of relaxed tensions was the Western alliance's return to disarray. Despite President Kennedy's announcement that the Big Four had agreed "in principle" to a foreign ministers' conference on Berlin, they all seemed to have previous engagements. At week's end, the Big Four conference was off-like the pressure...