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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Shastri himself "is by no means as conversant with international affairs as Nebru," said Rudolph, "and he can be expected to follow the main lines of Nehru's policies: friendliness with both Russia and the United States, and strong preparedness against China...
They felt that Nikita might as well have gone back home after attending to his main business - inaugurating the Aswan...
...main street, the Koblenzer Strasse, is part of the north-south highway from Cologne to Coblenz, and is perpetually jammed by 36,000 trucks and cars a day that must slow to a crawl to squeeze through the 18th century Koblenzer Gate in the middle of town. The 20,000 cars a day that travel east or west through Bonn have to cross a railroad line that bisects the city; at three level crossings the gates are closed for 360 trains a day, or an average of 20 minutes each hour. Capital traffic is also disrupted by a flock...
...opera companies and a dozen or so mediocre nightclubs, boasts only three starrable restaurants: the elegant, century-old Adler, a favorite of government gourmets and gossips called Maternus, and La Redoute, a rococo mansion where Beethoven once performed. For members of the 88 diplomatic missions in Bonn, the main diversions consist in attending one another's parties-at least 20 a week-and the American Club's Wednesday night bingo game. The Old Bonn families keep strictly to themselves; so do the town's 13,000 university students and faculty members. New Bonners, as they call...
...purposes of this division, which we shall call General Education Electives, are twofold. First, we wish to preserve a place in the Program for courses by distinguished members of the Faculty without the requirement that they fit into either of the other two main divisions. Second, we wish to keep for the Committee on General Education a domain in which they can experiment with a new course offerings, for example in non-Western cultures and creative arts, that may not fit into the other divisions...