Word: friendships
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Vietnamese refugees proved efficient farmers, carpenters and tailors, and won over their Thai neighbors through friendship clubs and by giving to the poor. When the Thai government nervously decided to move against this potential fifth column on its sensitive Laotian frontier, the local Thais themselves protested. Vietnamese women cut off their hair and wailed; children lay down in the highways to stop government trucks trying to haul Vietnamese out of the area...
...extent of the Communist threat varies widely in Africa, and is often exaggerated. But even if the widespread Soviet and Chinese interest were absent, the United States still should have a broad sympathy and friendship for the people of Africa as they seek freedom. This country can make an effective contribution to the development of African freedom if it will make the effort. Necessarily that effort will involve money, and we may hope the next Administration will recognize this. But more than money, it will require imagination, energy, and manpower. Technical aid, trained advisers, and a friendly interest are more...
...wisest ways to spend money on Africa would be through scholarship programs, for trained manpower is Africa's greatest need, and in many fields American universities are singularly well-qualified to help. And by playing host to African scholars we can demonstrate that our friendship has depth and thus improve our image in Africa...
...must be sure that these professional people, people of dignity and stature in their own countries, carry away with them the friendship of the citizens of the United States," he commented. In the past, some foreign students have encountered difficulty in securing apartments in the Boston-Cambridge area...
...Worst Timing. Everyone knew that Party Boss Belyaev was not only a member of the Soviet Union's ruling Presidium but an old Khrushchev favorite who was sent to Kazakhstan two years ago to jack things up. Khrushchev mentioned that too. "Friendship is one thing," he said, "but work is another. People say, you are my brother-but truth is my mother...