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Whether McGill's New South will somehow escape the miasma of the Northern ghettos, or whether the tentative displays of good faith in Atlanta will harden into cynicism as bigotry yields to black economic stagnaton, remains to be seen. For now, McGill is still testy and hopeful...
...right to exist, but not necessarily to recognize Israel. They wanted a "just and lasting peace" but not a formal peace treaty. And before any settlement could even be considered, Israel must withdraw its troops from occupied Arab lands. At one point, the King even seemed to harden the Arab line: before the Arabs accepted Israel as a peaceful neighbor, he told his Georgetown audience, the land would have to be "de-Zionized"-renounce its status as a Jewish state...
...Brandt succeeded in bringing the issue of British membership before the Market's Council of Ministers in Brussels. There French Foreign Minister Couve de Murville produced the novel argument that an enlarged Market might seem threatening to the Communist nations and thus cause them to reconsolidate their bloc, harden their line, and heat up the cold war all over again. Other council members scoffed at the idea, just as, in private, they more and more scoff at the capricious positions of De Gaulle. Said Belgium's Foreign Minister Pierre Harmel: "The European Economic Community is a living organism...
American policy in Viet Nam, but he never allowed himself to harden into a fixed position. He at first too strongly equated the American and French experiences in Viet Nam, which led him to be pessimistic about U.S. chances; but in 1965, after a trip to Viet Nam and a look at the massive military buildup going on, he changed his mind and agreed with other U.S. correspondents that the war could not be lost. He also changed his view about the autonomous nature of the Viet Cong and conceded that they depended on the Hanoi government for support...
...also clear that unless the four regions make some gesture toward unity, the present division may harden even further and become totally irreparable. Many observers feel that the only alternative is to accept the East's demands for a loose confederation and hope that time will heal the country's wounds, allowing a gradual extension of federal power. Others feel that Lt. Col. Gowon's proposal that the country be divided into 14 states instead of the present four may offer a way out. Gowon suggests that such a realignment might minimize tribal antagonisms. The details of the plan, however...