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...into the compound, and it was not long before many of the foreigners began squabbling over the little food and few comforts available. That dissension continued up to the end of their three-day journey by truck to Thailand. Concluded Schanberg: "If the Communists were looking for reasons to expel us as unfit and unsuited to live in a simple Asian society, we gave them ample demonstration...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Schanberg's Score | 5/19/1975 | See Source »

...power of Vietnam's symbol of national unity--the monarchy--took over the country altogether. Effectively undermining an already tenuously unified Vietnamese culture, and supporting a small elite of wealthy Vietnamese landlords at the expense of the peasantry. French actions began to inspire the nationalist resistance that would eventually expel both the French and their American successors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Peace | 5/1/1975 | See Source »

...facilities in Yemen and Somalia, which it has supplied heavily with military hardware. American base rights in Spain and Thailand have been a quid pro quo for weapons. Using arms sales to gain bases, however, sometimes makes the exporting country a hostage of the recipient. Ankara now threatens to expel the U.S. from some of its vital bases in Turkey because Congress stopped deliveries of military...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMAMENTS: THE ARMS DEALERS: GUNS FOR ALL | 3/3/1975 | See Source »

...only UNESCO member without a regional identity, although it contributed $111,000 to UNESCO's 1974 budget of $61.7 million (a contribution, Israelis point out, that is many times larger than that of any oil-rich Middle Eastern state). The conference's action did not actually expel Israel from UNESCO, but it did prevent the Jerusalem government from voting in the regional meetings, where an increasing number of decisions are made...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: UNITED NATIONS: The Boycott Backlash | 12/30/1974 | See Source »

...World contingent in control of the General Assembly, were condoning the attitudes of a kangaroo court. First there was the invitation to the Palestine Liberation Organization to participate, virtually as a state, in the U.N.'s debate on the Palestinian problem. Then came the legally questionable resolution to expel South Africa from this year's General Assembly. Anger next spread to the world intellectual community when the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris succumbed to Arab pressure in voting two blatantly political motions against Israel (TIME, Dec. 16). Last week the General Assembly rammed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: The U.N.: Forum or Kangaroo Court? | 12/23/1974 | See Source »

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