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...year franchise. The Panama Canal is owned and operated by the U.S. Government under a 1903 bilateral treaty in which Panama granted the U.S. "use, occupation and control" of the ten-mile-wide Canal Zone "in perpetuity," plus "all the rights, power and authority . . . which the U.S. would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory...
...case against a worrisome potential cancer hazard: the dyes and additives used in the preparation and preservation of foods, soaps, cosmetics. The conference's conclusion: although the vast majority of dyes, additives and wrapping materials have not yet been adequately tested, there is clear evidence that some possess cancer-causing qualities. Doctors were careful to point out that they were not drawing a bill of particulars, but merely listing substances that require further investigation. Among suspects...
...Persian Gulf," became overnight the most vaunted hero since Saladin. Thirty-two governments, said his semi-official news service, acclaimed his deed, ranging from Communist China to Franco's Spain. Saudi Arabia's King Saud sent Nasser a personal message: "I am with Egypt with all I possess." Jordan's young King Hussein cabled that Nasser's victories must bring "Arabism's hopeful tomorrow when our flag will fly proudly and dearly over the [Palestine] they have stolen from us." The only sour note emanated from a clandestine radio that began calling for "the ouster...
...week, hundreds of jittery boys and girls reported in at specified schools, sat down at the desks assigned to them, and waited for the clock to strike nine. For the next three hours they tackled questions for which none of them could have crammed. They matched pairs of words (POSSESS is to LOSE, as a) hesitate is to advance, b) cease is to recur, c) undertake is to perform, d) continue is to desist, e) produce is to supply); solved math problems and arranged given sentences into intelligible paragraphs ("a) Since his day it has undergone change, b) President James...
...influence that is often confused with views he does not represent. In Nehru's name it is argued that Asians possess a spirituality of nature that is superior to Western materialism. But Nehru himself, admired as he is by many Hindus and Buddhists, holds to no spiritual beliefs, and only last week in West Germany said: "As for myself, I believe in no religion or dogma or faith." He berates the world for its use of force, but he holds Kashmir by force; he talks of the rights of people, but he denies Kashmir a plebiscite; he resents...