Word: moynihan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...because they are becoming more group conscious, and acting more like groups, or are we simply tuning in to a fact of social life that has been around since the Pharaohs chased the Jews across the pages of the Old Testament? According to Nathan Glazer and Daniel P. Moynihan, who in Ethnicity: Theory and Experience have collected sixteen essays by different authors on various aspects (both theoretical and empirical) of ethnicity, the world is becoming more ethnic. They claim an increasing number of people in different countries and in different situations are becoming conscious of their group distinctiveness...
...delegates on both sides of the issue traded cautious huzzas instead of hisses. "These are better times," declared Sudanese Foreign Minister Jamal Mohamed Ahmed. "We are talking to each other, not howling and barking at each other across fences." The U.S.'s new Ambassador to the U.N., Daniel Moynihan, heartily agreed: "We have shown that we can negotiate in good faith. Not least, we have shown that this can be done in the unique and indispensable setting of the U.N. This system works...
...theme of the 12,000-word, 105-minute statement read by Moynihan was that the U.S. is not only prepared to discuss the demands of the developing states but also has specific and detailed ideas for meeting them. The long list of U.S. proposals−if backed and funded by all the industrial and oil-rich nations−could equal the Marshall Plan in impact. As forecast (TIME, Sept. 8), the speech avoided flashy or hostile rhetoric. It warned that there are "no panaceas" and stressed a "program of practical steps." Among them...
Kissinger had been scheduled to speak himself, but was detained by the negotiations in the Middle East. Instead of delaying the speech, he had Moynihan take his place on the U.N.'s marble podium. Thus, there was no time for Third World delegates to launch the automatic barrage of anti-American complaints. With unusual attentiveness, the packed General Assembly listened to Moynihan; the silence was broken only by the rustling of paper as delegates, in unison, turned pages of copies of the text placed by the U.S. mission at every desk...
...aims: dividing the Third World. Clearly, the U.S. wanted to distinguish the goals and needs of the truly poor nations from those of suddenly prosperous oil-producing states. There were at least half a dozen critical references to the OPEC cartel in the text. For example, Moynihan reminded the U.N. delegates that world economic stability requires sustained growth in the industrial countries, which, in turn, need "reliable supplies of energy, raw materials and other products at a fair price." The U.S. then charged that the quadrupling of oil prices has inflicted "the most devastating blow to economic development in this...