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...British accepting the terms of a settlement handed down by the Greeks and Turks, ending British rule in a British colony. The Makarios whom the British had regarded as an ecclesiastical bushwhacker was now being welcomed in London. But then, this was no new experience: British jailbirds such as Nehru and Nkrumah have later been feted as pillars of the Commonwealth...
...recognize that even Mahatma Gandhi, who also opposed birth control, was not infallible: "As in some other matters where the Mahatma's outlook was rigid and doctrinaire, time, along with an oppressive sense of the realities, has induced a change." A fervent Gandhian disciple, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru added his persuasive voice by acknowledging that "a tremendous crisis might arise in the world with an indefinitely growing population." Noting that people in Europe and the Americas were "getting frightened at the prospect of the masses of Asia becoming vaster and vaster and swarming all over the place," Nehru conceded...
...aboard. Following as best they might, the newsmen could expect only rudeness or a quarterdeck tongue-lashing when they got close. The duke has been especially testy about the swarms of Indian photographers. At New Delhi he asked irritably, "Who are all these people?", and turned to Prime Minister Nehru to remark cuttingly: "I thought there was a film shortage in your country." At the Taj Mahal, begged for one more picture, Prince Philip consented but snapped: "Get on with your business and stop talking...
...Western Europe, Communist strength is down. In the Middle East, Arab nationalism is for the first time beginning to show substantial misgivings about Communism's brotherly support. Not long ago those Misters In-Between-Nehru, Nasser and Tito-were neutral in Moscow's favor; now they all have their doubts...
Prime Minister Nehru deplores the trend toward "giganticism" in modern industrial society, but when it comes to his own economy, he flatly says: "We must think in terms of large schemes." This week two of his large schemes made news as the first blast furnaces of two vast new steel mills were formally commissioned...