Word: neutralizer
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...political struggle within South Viet Nam, it may well be that the "neutral" or "middle" factions will take on greater importance than in the recent past. Such groups as the Cao Dai, portions of the Dai Viet Party, the Buddhists, the progressive Roman Catholics and the Hoa Hao might emerge as viable alternatives to supporters of President Thieu. He bases his hopes for survival on the backing of a coalition composed of conservative Catholics as well as the Thieu-dominated military and civil services, opposed by a manageable minority made up of the Hoa Hao, the Buddhists, the Cao Dais...
...that it is investigating." ; One troublesome proviso from the old ICC charter, however, seems to remain. In the Geneva agreements, reports of any infractions had to be unanimous. Since the ICC was made up of one pro-South Vietnamese country (Canada), one pro-North Vietnamese country (Poland) and one neutral nation (India), there was almost never any unanimity. The new charter also calls for a unanimous vote in full-fledged reports, and the new commission is also split down the middle: Canada and Indonesia on the right and Poland and Hungary on the left. But the ICC protocol allows individual...
...without warning on the street during the day. Since last spring's North Vietnamese offensive and especially after the beginning of peace talks, there has been an alarming upswing in arrests. Offenses are as diverse as suspected Communist leanings, or having a relative in the North, or being neutral-which violates an admonition of President Nguyen Van Thieu: "No neutralism in the Communist...
...help defeat a California proposition that would have switched some gasoline-tax money to public transportation. Union Oil was also responsible for the notorious oil spill that blighted the beaches of Santa Barbara. Brinegar, who is president of the gasoline division of the company, claims to be neutral on the matter. "I am not an oilman," he insists, "I am a professional manager. Hopefully, I will be able to be very objective and view all sides." To bolster his hope, he cites his travel experiences: "I have flown a million miles on commercial airlines, and I have...
...YORK CITY AREA is Stuck in neutral. In the city, department-store sales during the first eight months of this year were up an unimpressive 3% from 1971, and unemployment in the metropolitan area has only recently stabilized at around 6%. Joblessness in New Jersey is 7.3%. Wage-price inflation has been much more rapid in the New York area than elsewhere, making its industries increasingly less competitive with those in other regions...