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...vote split the twelve NATO allies in the U.N., ten voting against debate, Greece siding with the Arab-Asian and Soviet blocs, Iceland abstaining. It also divided the Latin Americans-eleven against, six for, two abstaining...
...Guam to Iceland. Smith, known variously as "O.P." and "The Professor," took a long time to get to his first battlefield-through no fault or desire of his own. He spent World War I in frustration and boredom on the island of Guam. On Dec. 7, 1941 he was in Iceland. It was not until the Cape Gloucester operation in March 1944 that Smith, by then a greying colonel, got his first taste of combat and a Bronze Star. In his second operation, bloody Peleliu, he won the Legion of Merit for the smooth landing of three Marine assault teams...
...success was a mere icicle on an iceberg, compared with the Russian effort. Every year the Soviet Union dispatches culture delegations containing four to ten fine artists, e.g., soloists from the Leningrad ballet, violinists, singers, pianists, even chess players, and once sent Composer Aram (Sabre Dance) Khachaturian to conduct Iceland's national symphony. What makes Russian visits even more effective is the Russian practice of traveling to outlying communities to make music with local musicians...
...Iceland, the cultural cold war is warming up most pleasantly...
...Organization for European Economic Cooperation includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, West Germany. The U.S. and Canada are associated countries...