Word: gibraltarism
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...dispute between England and Spain over Gibraltar [March 5], I sympathize with the Spanish government. After all, how would we feel if England claimed Manhattan as one of her colonies...
...usual with TIME, the report on Gibraltar is completely accurate and unbiased. But as a Gibraltarian and admirer of the U.S., I must express my annoyance at the fact that since the dispute started, the U.S. Government has not once raised its voice in support of a people who only ask to choose their own way of life...
Stretched Blood. The blockade is hurting. The snail-pace behavior of the customs guards has crippled tourism. Gibraltar has tried to take up the slack with public-works projects and by passing laws to permit tax havens for small industry as well as Panama-style flags-of-convenience for shipowners...
Zooming Jets. Last week eight British jet fighters paused at Gibraltar en route to Norway. To the Gibraltarians' delight, the jets, in a show of force, zoomed round and round the Rock, made low passes over the water off the Spanish coast. Britain may well be prepared to offer two concessions to Spain: a crackdown on the smuggling annoyance, and a guarantee that no matter how much self-government the Rock obtains, it will never become a base for any hostility toward Spain...
...London will not knuckle under to harassment. In the nuclear age, Gibraltar's strategic importance has sharply diminished, but the symbolic value of the fortress known to Homer as the Pillar of Hercules remains. Said one British official: "We'll keep the Rock if we have to supply it by airlift until the Spanish cut out this nonsense...