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...mention of the royalists or of the Saudi Arabian regime that until last July supplied them with arms and money, Nasser turned his wrath on the British, whose vital military base in adjoining Aden he termed "the occupied South." Vowed Egypt's President: "I swear to God to expel Britain from all parts of the Arab world. We shall shed blood and sacrifice souls, and we shall be as victorious as we were in Egypt and Yemen." For good measure, Nasser swore also to "redeem" Israel, which he called a "stooge" of Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Yemen: Visit from Nasser | 5/1/1964 | See Source »

...outposts, they found copies of Mao Tse-tung's handbook on guerrilla warfare, Soviet-made cameras, a combat radio, homemade gasoline bombs made from beer bottles-and two Russian fur hats. It was just such subversive activities as this that led Congo Premier Cyrille Adoula to expel Russia's entire 100-man mission from Leopoldville last November. Clearly, Moscow's men were still not ready to give up their primary effort: to topple Adoula's government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Congo: On the Rampage | 1/24/1964 | See Source »

Girls who repeatedly sign out overnight to boy's apartments may be questioned about their conduct and, if necessary, brought before the college Judicial Board, several Radcliffe head residents said last night. The Judicial Board has the power to suspend or expel students...

Author: By Mary L. Wissler, | Title: Radcliffe to Scrutinize, Signouts to Apartments | 12/10/1963 | See Source »

...event, there is little time for politics. Entrance exams are stiff and scholarship pressures great. "If a student refuses to submit to our discipline," says Antonio Pinilla, rector of the Catholic-influenced University of Lima, "we expel him." At Catholic U. in Buenos Aires, students must attend at least 75% of the lectures-or get out. A student at Andrés Bello in Caracas must pass every subject. If he flunks one, he is allowed two makeup exams; failing these, he is through...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Americas: A Place to Learn | 11/22/1963 | See Source »

...tests use middle-class references that the slum child does not understand; his low score then plunks him into the slow group. He is repelled from reading by fatuous primers about "nice" children who seem laughable even in the suburbs, let alone in Harlem. Harried principals stand ready to expel him; guidance counselors are reluctant to encourage him too much. "Be realistic," they say. "Do what you can do. Try the post office...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Public Schools: Civilizing the Blackboard Jungle | 11/15/1963 | See Source »

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