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...much that mattered to the rest of the world was a measure of De Gaulle's outsize scale, his legerdemain in making France count for more than her resources and her population of 50 million people really justified. It mattered to Britain, which he had twice imperiously barred from the Common Market. It mattered to tiny secessionist Biafra, which he had kept alive with arms shipments against federal Nigerian forces for the, past nine months. It weighed heavily in the Middle East, where he was virtually the only partisan Western friend that the Arabs had. It certainly mattered to Washington...
Significantly, the early demonstrations were supported by their middle-class parents. By the time it had ended, some 10 million Frenchmen ? or 20% of the population ? had somehow struck at their government, either directly or by stopping work. The depth of discontent was clear to all, and it was only the fear of another convulsive round of riots that saved De Gaulle. In the process, he bargained away the wage curbs of the franc's stability, helping to precipitate the fiscal crisis that followed...
...Okinawa. From sprawling Kadena Airbase, huge B-52 jets roar out nearly every day on bombing missions over South Viet Nam. Much of the island has come to resemble a particularly vulgar version of American suburbia, and U.S. spending now accounts for 60% of Okinawa's $644.4 million G.N.P. If the U.S. were to pull out, Okinawa's economy would be severely damaged. The island's businessmen are already pessimistic. A poll last year indicated that 75% of the 200 businessmen questioned felt that U.S. withdrawal would hurt profits...
Most of the $54 million worth of contracts handled by the office during the past year came from the Federal government. However, there has been "no classified research at Harvard since 1947," Gentry said...
After the Ohio Appeals Board cut some $2.2 million out of the Cleveland school budget by slashing property valuations in 1965, Calkins started the special PACE study of new ways to get money into the city schools...