Word: malik
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...needs of men more than those of nations seemed to be the chief concern of the managers. Lebanon's Philosopher Charles Habib Malik, former President of the United Nations General Assembly, chided Western businessmen for offering the developing peoples only material ends. Said Malik: "Roads, dams, efficiency and the smile of rulers-that is all that matters; but spirit, freedom, joy, happiness, truth, man-that never enters the mind. A world of perfect technicians is the aim, not a world of human beings, let alone of beings divine." Giuseppe Cardinal Siri, Archbishop of Genoa and an ecclesiastical manager...
...nationalism accused Abubakar of the African version of Uncle Tomism. They were distressed by the instinctive anti-Communism that prevents him from joining in the delightful game of giving the "colonialists" the shivers by cozying up to Moscow. (At Nigeria's independence celebrations, when Russia's Jakob Malik cheerily announced that the Soviets planned to open a Lagos embassy immediately, Abubakar bluntly told him: "As a diplomat, you must understand that things are not done that way. You must submit an application for diplomatic relations, and we shall judge it on its merits.") Above all, the extremists...
Better in Gingham. But in India, even the Western bride's protective coloration was coming under fire. In the Times of India, Columnist Amita Malik recently launched a cutting campaign against foreigners in saris. "If there is anything uglier than an Indian matron in bulging jeans," she snapped, "it is a white woman, tall, angular and with straw-colored hair, wearing a Dacca sari Foreign wives fondly imagine that they look beautiful in saris, when they would look miles better in gingham...
...Malik suggested the UN should be regarded in a different light. "The UN is constituted by problems; it is nothing without them." And by joining the work of the organization, men gain an "active connection with what is going on in the world...
...conclusion, Malik cited the benefits brought by participation in the UN. In addition to testing character, work there "enlarges the mind" and "tests the spirit." These three benefits. Malik implied, make participation in international organization worthwhile...