Word: pact
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...often intervened grandly in Communist Europe-at one point to back the Poles against Kremlin pressures, later to help Khrushchev when his authority tottered after the Hungarian revolt, and finally to lead the 1958 outcry against Tito's deviation from the true faith. But as the Sino-Soviet pact became ten years old, it was Johnny-Come-Lately Nikita Khrushchev who had to go to China's rescue. It had been a disastrous year for China: troubles in the communes, the bloody repression of Tibet, Peking's maladroit handling of India, its antagonizing of Burma and Indonesia...
...dispute which, according to Ne Win, "has defied solution for 100 years." In exchange for the three villages and one 80-sq.-mi. area, Red China surrendered all claims to a 100-sq.-mi. triangle southeast of Bhamo. The two nations also signed a ten-year nonaggression pact. "We are determined." beamed Premier Chou Enlai, "to make the border between our countries one of peace and friendship." What had changed Peking's mind? In the past year Communist China's once great prestige in India, Burma and Indonesia has fallen, largely as a result of the ugly adventures...
...Blough of U.S. Steel Corp. in denying reports that he promised Vice President Nixon to delay boost until after election. If it comes, rise will be less than the $8.50-a-ton increase in 1956. Blough figures new contract lifts employee costs by 3¾% v. 8% in 1956 pact, thus "the inflationary effect is half as great...
...This, together with mother's delight in making water on her hand because it "was good for the skin," gave H. E. a perverse and lifelong fascination with performing or watching micturition. When he married at the age of 32, he made his wife submit to the following pact: separate lodgings, no children, no mutual economic support, lengthy separations, no vows of lifelong fidelity. When his wife embarked on a series of Lesbian affairs, H. E. imperturbably gave his blessing and made some "dear friendships" with other women. These friendships never progressed beyond kisses and preliminary love play, because...
Final touches were put on the pact after two top union bodies--its Executive Board and its 171-members Wage Policy Committee--had unanimously endorsed the settlement terms...