Word: humanitarianism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only did Mexico refuse to give in, it even wangled an important concession; the Havana-Mexico City air route will remain open. "It exists mainly for humanitarian purposes," said Delegate Vincente Sánchez Gavito. "It is a way out of Cuba." Uruguay opposed a break for the same reason-to maintain its Havana embassy where some two dozen anti-Castro Cubans are currently in asylum. Chile's problem was its nip-and-tuck September 4 presidential election; a vote for sanctions might hand the presidency to a far leftist. As for Bolivia, President Víctor Paz Estenssoro...
DUQUESNE UNIVERSITY Robert Sargent Shriver Jr., director of the Peace Corps and director-designate of President Johnson's "war on poverty" program-LL.D. Humanitarian-We salute you simply - with a single word...
...birth control. He also suggested that after the Vatican Council the church might take the first steps toward cooperation with Protestant and Orthodox bodies in areas that did not require doctrinal agreement. "We must," said Suenens, "make more of certain forms of practical collaboration, notably in the social and humanitarian field-the problems of hunger in the world, sickness and disasters, birth and housing, illiteracy and the redistribution of wealth...
...seriously suggested that all Turks be forcibly removed from the island and packed off to Turkey. Either solution appears unworkable. An outstanding Greek Cypriot leader might have avoided the current violence, which is killing Greeks as well as Turks, but Makarios is neither a great leader nor a notable humanitarian. He is a fairly skillful intriguer who deliberately unleashed forces he may no longer be able to control, even if he wanted...
...British have never liked the idea of swapping spies, and accepted this trade only for "humanitarian motives," because Wynne was reported ailing-and perhaps also because the government had an uneasy conscience over having used a more or less unwitting nonprofessional. Said one British official: "This sort of trade makes it too bloody easy for the other side-we catch a big fish and they pick up some professor who has been asking about the wheat crop. If one of our real agents gets caught, then it's his duty to shut up and take what's coming...