Word: pledgees
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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President Eisenhower's decision not to send arms to Israel, but to intervene decisively should aggression break out, was greeted in many quarters with sighs of relief. There has been some doubt, however, as to the value of his pledge to intervene, through the United Nations instead of through the...
As the first two names on Adlai Stevenson's demolished slate of delegates, the Senator and the governor not only failed to pull Stevenson in, but may also have locked themselves out of the Democratic National Convention. They might be able to wangle their way onto the floor by...
This high-sounding concept actually emerged out of the specific problems in the Union of South Africa. There the large Indian minority of 100,000 held second-class status: they were subjected to rigid segregation, contemptuously called coolies, and were forced to register under the hated "Black Act." On Sept...
Recent Events: Alarmed by increasing violence on Cyprus, Britain sent Field Marshal Sir John Harding (who had directed from London the effective war on the Mau Mau) to Cyprus with orders to crack down on terrorists but to make a deal if possible with Makarios. Makarios countered by ordering "a...
Meanwhile, crowds of Tunisians cheered the moderate nationalist leader, Habib Bourgiba, on his return from Paris with a French pledge of autonomy in which some ties between France and Tunisia will be retained. They gave Bourgiba ovations at the airport and at the palace of the Bey of Tunis, to...