Word: foreigner
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unfair by Filipinos, the U.S. had acquired gg-year leases on 23 Philippine bases, and the U.S. Navy was running the town of Olongapo (pop. 60,000) almost like a unit of its own Pacific Fleet (TIME, July 20). Under the new terms negotiated by Bohlen and Filipino Foreign Secretary Felixberto Serrano, the U.S. has now agreed...
Canada's estimated foreign 1959 income is $7.4 billion, outgo more than $8 billion (much of the difference is made up by unhealthy short-term "hot money," largely used to finance imports, and responsible for keeping the Canadian dollar at a high $1.05½ in U.S. currency). Both Prime Minister John Diefenbaker and Opposition Leader Lester Pearson, hopeful of more sales to Europe, urge Canada to take the lead in the promotion of a free-trade area among NATO nations...
...when he commented on all the mirrors in Mae's plushy bedroom. "They're for personal observation," said Mae, deadpan. "I always like to know how I'm doing." Sensing that the going was getting a bit hot, Collingwood suggested that they switch the subject to foreign affairs. Said Mae: "I've always had a weakness for foreign affairs...
...week. Some of Chrysler's plants are on a four-day basis, and the companies may have to close some parts and components plants altogether this month because of the two-week to one-month lead time for steel to be fabricated after shipment from the mill. Even foreign automakers are hurt: Vauxhall Motors Ltd., G.M.'s British subsidiary, will chop production schedules over the next three months, largely because its imports of U.S. steel were...
Beyond Survival, by Max Ways. U.S. foreign policy troubles, the author argues in this perspective study, are largely the result of the nation's lack of a coherent public philosophy...