Word: following
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Austria's two major political parties have ruled the country in a "black and red" coalition ever since World War II, mainly because neither could win enough seats in Parliament to rule alone. Last week's election was expected to follow the pattern. Instead, something quite startling happened: losing two seats, the "red" Socialists' parliamentary delegation fell to 74, while the "black" People's Party increased its number of seats by four to 85-an absolute majority in the 165-seat Parliament...
Robert Kennedy's remarks about the Viet Cong gave Humphrey a chance to follow the memo's instruction to add "a touch of the harder and sterner side of your make-up which [is] in need of showing to more people...
...Peking leadership into the international order, instead of their trying to destroy it according to their revolutionary vision, is primarily a psychological problem. Therapy for Peking's present almost paranoid state of mind must follow the usual lines of therapy: it must lead the rulers of China gradually into different channels of experience until by degrees they reshape their picture of the world and their place in it. The remolding of Chairman Mao, the greatest remolder of others in history, is not something I would advocate as feasible. But I think it is high time
...others: some are strong in music, or drama, and some have particularly outstanding tutorial staffs in one field or another; and some have extensive programs of speakers from outside, while others depend more on their own resources. These differences are emphasized--and perhaps over emphasized--in the articles which follow. It would go a long way to defeat the whole purpose if the Houses specialized, for example, in athletics, or music, or politics...
...problem is going to get worse long before it gets better. More new non-nations are waiting impatiently in the wings; Bechuanaland, Basutoland, British Guiana and Mauritius are all due to become independent this year, and Swaziland and South Arabia will follow soon afterward. Britain's Lord Caradon recently reported to the United Nations General Assembly that 50 colonial territories still remained to be freed around the world-31 in the British Empire alone. Since, in general, the weakest and least viable colonies are the last to be turned loose, the prospect is staggering. All of them, of course...