Word: formosae
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...begging bowls. In Laos, the bonzes form a silent silhouette against the ornate temple roofs of the royal capital of Luangprabang. In Burma, they enter Rangoon framed against the great Shwe Dagon pagoda, its massive gilded spire shimmering in the early dawn. Though the robes may be grey in Formosa or black in Japan, in much of Asia the day begins with this same silent march of the mendicants. Passing laymen place gifts of food in the bowls, humbly thanking the monks for thus permitting the givers to acquire merit...
...Call on Stalin. About the only concessions Brezhnev offered to China were promises to back Peking's claims on Formosa and pledges to support "the national liberation struggle of the peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America," thus hinting at a more pressing pursuit of revolution than Khrushchev had espoused. Both Chou and Castro's henchman, Ernesto ("Che") Guevara, applauded vigorously when Brezhnev warned: "Hands off Cuba." As to restoring unity within the bloc, Brezhnev said: "There is every objective condition for cooperation between Socialist countries to grow stronger." And at the Red Square anniversary parade, Brezhnev wound...
...FORMOSA: still staunchly held by Generalissimo Chiang Kaishek, 77, who continues to insist that he will return to the mainland but obviously has no chance of doing...
...Alternatives. Except on Chiang Kai-shek's Formosa, there is remarkably little talk of curbing Peking's folly by hitting the Chinese before they are really strong enough to hit back. In Washington, a U.S. Congressman asked Secretary of State Dean Rusk why the U.S. had not "detonated that bomb for them"-in other words, blown up Peking's embryo nuclear establishment. Rusk replied: "We considered this but decided against it." In effect, such a decision, in all probability, would not be merely to take out a bomb or a plant, but to go to war with...
...Ecumenical Council (the Pope declined). He is contributing $200,000 to renovate the Church of the Holy Spirit in Pope John's home town of Bergamo, $220,000 to build a cathedral for Laurean Cardinal Rugambwa of Tanganyika, $1,000,000 for Fu-jen University in Formosa. Cushing's generosity has made him at least as well known abroad as Spellman, and he collects decorations and honorary degrees from grateful recipients "in bunches like bananas." One of the most recent is the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, which Spain gave him after he raised...