Word: finlandization
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...addition to such longtime peacekeepers as Austria, Finland and Sweden, the United Nations Emergency Force could include soldiers of ten other nations drawn from Asia, Africa, Latin America and the East bloc. France protested its exclusion, but was voted down. Britain also wanted to join, largely to recapture some of its onetime role as a Middle East power broker. In the end, the British grudgingly went along with Kissinger's proposal...
Died. Paavo Nurmi, 76, Finland's legendary long-distance runner who won seven individual gold medals in three Olympiads (during the 1920s), of heart disease; in Helsinki. As a poor youngster, Nurmi worked in a foundry and ran 50 miles a week to develop his stamina. With long, flowing strides, "the Flying Finn" streaked through his decade, setting 28 world marks and dominating every distance race from 1,500 meters to the 26-mile marathon. Disqualified from the 1932 Olympics for "professionalism," he returned bitterly to Finland and made a fortune in the construction business...
Three international airlines announced Monday that they will discontinue next month their reduced "student" fares on flights from the United States to Belgium, Holland and Finland...
Student fares are now applicable only on flights to Belgium, Holland and Finland...
...foreigners. Olavi Suomalainen of Finland and Lutz Phillip of West Germany, are the favorites in a race which Americans rarely win these days. Olympic champion Frank Shorter is passing up the Boston event, apparently in deference to another Yale man, Erich Segal...