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...West to 1) quit making atomic weapons and 2) cooperate in setting up a foolproof worldwide system of inspection. "I sincerely hope," said the President, sounding what might well be the U.S.'s last word, "that the Soviet Union will now join us in agreeing." Preliminary Russian reaction: "Nyet...
...Menon's flow of words but a single nyet uttered by Russia's taciturn Arkady Sobolev called a halt to the U.N.'s efforts to mediate in Kashmir. By casting the Soviet Union's 79th *veto in the Security Council, Sobolev effectively killed a resolution, jointly sponsored by the U.S., Cuba. Britain and Australia, to send Council President Gunnar Jarring of Sweden to Kashmir as a step "toward the settlement of the dispute." The resolution did not mention plebiscite, but noted in passing that former U.N. resolutions calling for demilitarization and a plebiscite in Kashmir...
...Technician. For millions of Americans, Gromyko's televised image became a symbol of the cold war, a scowling, blue-serge embodiment of Soviet intransigence. As Russia's first U.N. representative, his nyet, uttered in the course of 26 Soviet vetoes, was a byword, and his precedent of walking out of a debate that embarrassed the Soviet Union became known as "pulling a Gromyko...
...getting a receipt. The C. & A. store detectives insisted just as stoutly that she had scooped them up under cover of a paper bag from another store. Citing this "remarkable conflict of evidence," Barrister Griffith-Jones put the question directly to Nina: "Did you steal any of those hats?" "Nyet," said Nina Ponomareva. But the court thought different. "Having considered all the evidence,' said Magistrate Clyde Wilson, "I must find the case proved ... I realize the fallibility of human nature. The hats displayed constitute a considerable temptation to many women. I think the interests of justice will be served...
...Tory. At a lunch given by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Khrushchev interrupted another of Bulganin's speeches to grunt: "And I hope next time we come, the Labor Party will be more friendly." When Brown came up to offer his hand, Khrushchev curtly said "Nyet," and turned away...