Word: harolds
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...free world was predictably bitter. Charles de Gaulle, his bridge building to the East in ruins, deplored the attack on "the rights and destiny of a friendly nation" and rapped the Russians for still being so old-fashioned as to think of Europe in terms of blocs. Prime Minister Harold Wilson called the attack "a flagrant violation of all accepted standards of international behavior." In New Delhi, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi expressed her "concern and anguish," but her statement was not strong enough to please members of Parliament, who filled the chamber with cries of "Dubcek! Dubcek!" Dem onstrations took...
McCarthy's final round of campaigning was his most successful yet. Iowa's Governor Harold Hughes withdrew his favorite-son candidacy and seemed on the brink of endorsing McCarthy. California Democratic Boss Jesse Unruh, whose delegation owns 174 votes, appeared likely to back him. Unruh hopes to run for Governor in 1970 and needs to win friends in the California party's liberal wing. McCarthy was also encouraged because virtually none of the delegates previously pledged to Robert Kennedy moved to back McGovern, who pinned his hopes on rallying the R.F.K. dissidents...
What Africa needs is precisely such transmutations of tribal loyalties to the larger loyalties of nationhood. The task is formidable, and not only because of the weight of tradition. In many ways, as M.I.T. Professor Harold Isaacs points out, "Africa is the most inhospitable of the major continents to human existence." For all the image of a banana-tree civilization, with food for the reaching, most Africans are permanently undernourished and physically below par or diseased. Life expectancy is barely 40 years at best. Illiteracy is the highest in the world...
...urged that younger people, including some students and faculty, be made trustees (the average age is now 62). In filling a new vacancy, the board last week ignored this advice, passed over such proposed candidates as Negro Psychologist Kenneth Clark to select its usual type: Wall Street Investment Banker Harold A. Rousselot...
...letter from Harold Arlen. Fan letter from Bette Davis. Fan letter from Carol Burnett. Fan letter from Henry Mancini. Just listen to what he says: 'You not only write the melody line but also the second, third and fourth harmony parts.' Isn't that wonderful...