Word: national
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Ever since 1965, the tiny Himalayan nation of Nepal had ruled its lofty, snowcapped peaks off-limits to foreign mountaineers. Plagued by an oversupply of inexperienced climbers-and by Chinese Communist protests to the effect that all would-be conquerors of Mount Everest were in reality foreign spies-the Nepalese decided that the foreign-exchange earnings and publicity were not worth the trouble. Last year, however, they changed their minds. One of the first groups of mountaineers to take advantage of the opportunity was an eleven-man American expedition headed by Boyd N. Everett Jr., 35, of New York City...
...drummed out of the fraternity include Dean Rusk, John Roche and Eric Hoffer. As a crypto-opponent, Robert S. McNamara is slowly being reinstated, and the admissions committee is eyeing a most impressive candidate: General David M. Shoup, a Marine hero who calls the U.S. "a militaristic and aggressive nation...
...venerable strongman's first public appearance since he suffered a massive stroke seven months ago, and for a moment he looked like his old imposing self, raising his right hand in a characteristic gesture. Later he appeared on television, and in a pathetically feeble voice thanked the nation for its concern for his welfare. No one has yet told him that he is no longer Premier; he was replaced last September by Marcello Caetano, and he rejects even the gentler suggestion that he should think about retiring. "I cannot go," he recently told his housekeeper. "There...
...landings not as a beginning but as an end. All the old questions are reappearing with increasing frequency in public debate: Does man have a place in space? Should he establish a base on the moon? Should he explore the planets? Is the space program an extravagance when the nation's other needs already dwarf available funds? Just how fast should the U.S. venture yet farther into space...
Until 1938, the capital of the world's richest nation had no art museum worthy of the name. In that year Financier Andrew Mellon gave the Government his $50 million art collection and added another $16 million to build a museum to house it. Today the National Gallery is one of the world's great collections, and, in large measure, the man who has guided its growth and controlled its quality is Director John Walker, 62, who last week announced his retirement...