Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Wodehouse was living at the time with his wife Ethel. Over the next several months, Wodehouse was captured by the Germans and shuttled among several different German internment camps. Wodehouse finally surfaced some six months later in a series of broadcasts he made over German radio to the then-neutral United States. The British people were shocked at hearing his voice over the airwaves of their enemy and began lashing out at Wodehouse, calling him a traitor...
...question remains: Why did he make the broadcasts in the first place? As Sproat points out, at the time of the broadcasts, the United States was still neutral in the war. Because he was taken prisoner so early, it would have been impossible for Wodehouse to realize the extent of the crimes the Nazis were committing. And because of his age (all captured internees from France were released at the age of 60) and his captors' respect for his reputation, Wodehouse was released from the prison camp. He often asked to be returned to England or at least...
Faculty, alumni and students, whom the committee consulted seemed to favor "a race-neutral plan," such as his, Jackson said yesterday. He added that "having a race-conscious plan is a drastic step...
...fully inside NATO, Frenchmen might go to sleep, saying to themselves, 'Oh, well, the Americans are there with their nuclear umbrella. There is no point in our making a strong effort.' It is this sense of independence that gives the French the feeling that they are not neutral...
When the arbitration panel actually begins to hear arguments next spring, it will split into three chambers, each with one neutral, one American and one Iranian. Although they have been meeting periodically since last July, the tribunal's members have still not agreed on basic operating rules or even whether the cases need to be decided by unanimous vote or simple majority rule. Another key detail over which both Washington and Tehran continue to squabble concerns whether Iran or the fund should receive the interest on the $1 billion settlement account. With Iran in continuing turmoil, no one knows...