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...Moslem world from Dakar to Mindanao, he said, "or else I don't see how we can hold true to our doctrine that we do not want to dominate anyone." Legitimate, of course, was the key word; it did not mean abandoning the Middle East to headlong, irresponsible nationalism. The great colonial powers had long preached that a people has to be emotionally, intellectually and economically ready before it can safely run its own house. In its self-righteous '303, the U.S. derided such talk as hypocritical. But troubles in such suddenly freed nations as the Philippines, Burma...
Although inflation had been creeping up in France for some months, the headlong drop was unexpectedly sudden. Frenchmen evidently feared that France's rearmament effort will be a real strain on resources when it changes from a sizable figure (on paper) of 10% of the gross national product to an even greater figure of actual production. Consequently, they were turning their francs into gold, dollars and goods. They also knew that if sterling was devalued, the franc-contrary to experience in September 1949-would not be prevented this time from following it all the way down...
...showed up at the lower house prepared to demand the Deputies' support as well, there was only a small audience. Mossadeq waited for over two hours, but no quorum showed up. Growing chaos in the oilfields (where mobs were looting buildings and machinery) and the nation's headlong rush to bankruptcy had sobered more & more members of Parliament: they were showing their worry over Mossadeq's policies by staying away from the session...
After their headlong retreat two weeks ago, the Chinese caught their breath, stiffened, and fought. U.N. forces moved ahead slowly in some sectors. Their chief objective: the Reds' forward supply areas. The war ground on in what one reporter called a "fluid stalemate." U.N. commanders were sure that the Reds would try another offensive push, estimated that despite heavy casualties they had 600,000 troops ready to fight in Korea. Said U.N. Commander General Ridgway: "With [the Chinese Communists] there is no compromise, and for us there is no choice...
Manager Paul Rapier Richards has one hard & fast rule for his Chicago White Sox: "They've got to play hard and want to win. Last week, whippeting around the bases with a headlong dash reminiscent of the famed St. Louis Gas House Gang, the White Sox were both playing hard-and winning. They wound up their first invasion of the East with seven straight victories, the first time in modern American League history that a Chicago team ever made a clean sweep on an Eastern trip...