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...equal at least two-thirds of the total national income of all the underdeveloped nations. If only "a fraction" of the international defense budget was diverted to economic aid to needy nations, it would result in "a marked increase in the rate of growth of real income in the poorer parts of the world." In the U.S.. the U.N. consultants reported, disarmament would require about 7% of the labor force to change jobs...
Answering Nehru's charge that international law was written by Europeans without regard for the "different conceptions of justice" held by the poorer nations, Baxter pointed out that India had agreed to support the Charter of the U.N. He added that Article I of the Charter forbade unilateral action of the sort India took...
Harvard drama-types are suspicious of attempts to impose organization over their widely-scattered enterprises, and perhaps with justification. But whatever its charms, anarchy can be expensive, as the theatrical logjam last December proved. The community and the actors were both the poorer for the thoughtless scheduling that had seven plays running on the same nights...
...shaky coalition regime that took control of the Congo, after free elections, in June 1960, Lumumba favored strong central government. This was anathema to Tshombe. who had no intention of sharing the wealth of his mineral-rich province with the central government and the Congo's poorer provinces. "The Katanga cow." his followers said, "will not be milked by Lumumba's serpents...
...When I started teaching 15 years ago," says Chemistry Teacher Lawrence D. Lynch of Beverly Hills (Calif.) High School. "I felt overprotective toward the serious student. This is no longer necessary. There is no more finger pointing, no more 'I'll get you after school' from poorer students. Our happiest students are our best students. The status they have in and out of the classroom is remarkable...