Word: internationale
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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In theory, the 15 judges of the World Court in The Hague form the top tribunal for resolving disputes under international law. In fact, they have decided only about two dozen largely forgettable cases since 1946. Now the judges yearn to leave the Peace Palace that has been their headquarters...
The whole problem may become academic before long. Returning from vacation this week, the judges will take up the last case that is currently before the court - a Belgian company's compensation claim for a hydroelectric dam confiscated by the Spanish government in 1948. After that, the judges could...
It was the U.S.'s 21st triumph in the 70-year-old series, and the first time in 20 years that a U.S. team has successfully defended a challenge. Such a victory should have called for a national celebration. In 1969, however, the only result is national ennui - and...
What distinguishes The Forsyte Saga from Peyton Place and the Secret Storm is its distinguished origins and its careful preparation. The BBC bought rights to the saga from MGM, then Producer Donald Wilson and four writers spent more than a year turning out an adaptation that is remarkably faithful to...
Died. Adolfo López Mateos, 59, progressive former President of Mexico; of a 1967 stroke from which he never fully recovered; in Mexico City. López Mateos was easily elected in 1958 as the candidate of Mexico's one major party, the Institutional Revolutionary Party, and spent...