Word: nepal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...entire Assembly roared its applause. Toure was followed by Nepal's Rishikesh Shaha, who declared his concern over "all this sound and fury, all these ugly gestures." He warned that Asia and Africa would "not be bullied by gestures of superiority," which were "insulting to our intelligence...
Last Words. Khrushchev sobered. His final words were an apology. "Goodbye," he said. "I crave your indulgence for occasionally speaking out of turn. I offended the delegate from the Philippines. He offended me. He is an old parliamentarian and I am a young one. Nepal, too, gave us good lessons in parliamentarianism. By the way, is there a Parliament in Nepal? I will have to look it up in my geography book when I get home. But this is not relevant. Goodbye. Thank...
...neutralist leaders were wined and dined by East and West, nattered with offers of financial aid, wooed with the promise of technicians, state visits and cultural exchanges. When Dwight Eisenhower presided in the Presidential Suite at the Waldorf Tower, his guests included Cabinet ministers from such countries as Nepal, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Ethiopia. When tiny Togo gave a cocktail party at the Plaza Hotel, who should pop in but pudgy Nikita Khrushchev, all smiles. Both dazed and gratified, Togo's Premier Sylvanus Olympio offered the understatement of the week by observing that Khrushchev is a "very calm...
Later, Tito darted across town to the Waldorf to see Ike, who had just finished lunching with delegates of all Latin American nations (not invited: Cuba, the Dominican Republic). Ike had also had a quick exchange of pleasantries with Ghana's President Kwame Nkrumah, Nepal's Premier B. P. Koirala and Lebanon's Premier Saeb Salam. Tito and Ike broke the ice with a discussion of cattle breeding, parted on Ike's invitation to Tito to travel freely in the U.S. during his stay...
...once Chou seemed almost embarrassed, hastily ordered a complete investigation, at week's end apologized profusely. "The scheme of imperialists to make use of this incident to spread slander and show discord between China and Nepal will never succeed," said he. Despite Chou's protestations, the incident proved once more that Red China has an astonishingly casual attitude toward the borders of its neighbors...