Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...even discuss plans to withdraw at least part of the 2,000-man Philippine contingent. The Filipinos are still eager for U.S. aid and investment. But as Nixon will point out, the Philippine government is hurting its chances of attracting outside capital by continuing to tighten regulations on foreign-owned business...
...Southeast Asia develops constructively, we could be useful as a convenient source of expertise and a channel through which these countries can get foreign exchange. But if it goes the other way, chaotic and nihilist, then I hope that we shall have enough wisdom and skill to isolate the forces of destruction. As the Dark Ages descended on Europe, places like Venice maintained relatively civilized standards of life. I would hope that such light from Singapore would eventually help to brighten up the area again...
This week it will be the foreign ministers' turn to meet in Brussels. The overriding issue will be the question of British entry into the Common Market. The rest of the Six concur with Monnet's proposal for immediate preparations. But French President Georges Pompidou first wants to hold a summit of the Six, perhaps in October, before sitting down with Britain. The French view is likely to prevail...
...political federation, former British Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home glanced up from a crossword puzzle and told newsmen that "we British are a practical people. We want to confront a situation first before we think about setting up an institution to handle it." During the same session, British Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart said that plans for a European Parliament were "premature." Such statements made many Europeans wonder whether the British are willing to sacrifice some of their own sovereignty for a united Europe. Dutch Foreign Minister Joseph Luns, a strong supporter of Britain's entry, last week warned...
TODAY'S avant-garde in film is a director's movement. The American audience knowns Italian, French, Czech films as the work individual men. College audience, the newly-discovered gold mine of U.S. film distributors, appreciate foreign films for qualities of high social artistic awareness and personal expression. Given the importance of the youth market for ticket sales, the trend has even hit Hollywood, long considered by native critics the place where individual talent is lost. The names of young directors (Arthur Penn and, unfortunately, Mike Nichols) are becoming good box office. Hollywood has even begun to conceive that...