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Word: neutral (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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Contrary to expectations, Rockefeller opened the floor to questions after his lecture. For the most part, his replies seemed to show that the federal idea was scarcely inflexibly conceived. His confederation would trade with neutral countries reluctant to join it; "I don't believe in isolationism in any form." It could encourage welfare government in countries that needed...

Author: By Robert W. Gordon, | Title: Gov. Rockefeller Proposes Confederation of Nations | 2/10/1962 | See Source »

...also becoming a familiar ambassadorial position. It can be achieved by sitting down (expecting help), with knees up and back hard against the wall. One can't move backward so must shift from right or center to left. Also, N stands for Neutral or Negative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 9, 1962 | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

...making a circuit of the villages touting their new "Ten-Point Program," which soft-pedals Marxism, includes such features as general elections and the unification of South and North Viet Nam, freedom for all political parties, release of all political prisoners, promotion of "free enterprise," and creation of a neutral Southeast Asian bloc that would accept aid from all nations, including the U.S. By no means do all the peasants fall for the Red promises. Says one in pidgin French: "Moi pas vu, moi pas croire" (Me no see, me no believe). But a great many others are convinced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: What the People Say | 2/9/1962 | See Source »

...ocean-size market is waiting . . . but only a tiny part of existing possibilities is being used." Getting to the point last week. Radio Moscow spoke of "the spirit of Rapallo,"* and in a major switch, Pravda assured Bonn that none of this meant West Germany must become a "neutral" and leave NATO; relations could be "normalized" without breaking up existing blocs. In fact, it was hinted that Russia might drop the idea of a separate peace treaty with East Germany if the West Germans would open negotiations with Moscow...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cold War: Soft Wave | 2/2/1962 | See Source »

...with "Neutralist" Prince Souvanna Phouma and pro-Communist Prince Souphanouvong. Reason: the U.S. is convinced that De fense Minister Phoumi (whom it once backed) and his Royal Laotian Army could never win a war against the Communist guerrillas, now considers its best hope is to make Laos into a neutral buffer state. But Phoumi and Boun Oum have danced away from every effort by U.S. Ambassador Winthrop Brown to align them in a neutral government. Praising Phoumi's stubborn resistance to U.S. policy, a supporter said: "When you hit a horse on the nose, he doesn't move...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Laos: How to Move a Horse | 1/19/1962 | See Source »

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