Word: potted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Benjamin Mays, president emeritus of Morehouse College, on the U.S. today: "If this is a melting pot, I don't want the Negro to melt away...
...tensions between the Vietnamese and the Cambodians mounted, the Chinese made the mistake of trying to head off a conflict while also maintaining their sponsorship of the oppressive regime of Premier Pol Pot in Phnom-Penh. But that could not work. Observes Don Tretiak, an American China watcher: "The Chinese should have been more careful about their Cambodian commitment. Supporting a weak but obstreperous ally is very bad politics." Now Peking fears that its deteriorating relations with Viet Nam will push Hanoi further into the embrace of Moscow. Worst of all, if the Vietnamese were to rout the Cambodians...
...Peking's peacemaking efforts have fallen flat. Chou's widow, a Long March veteran and party heroine, was chosen to lead a high-level Chinese delegation to Cambodia because of her pervasive prestige. Her mission was to persuade Premier Pol Pot to negotiate a settlement with Hanoi, but she failed. Though received with due pomp in Phnom-Penh, she was soon whisked out to view the 12th century ruins at Angkor Wat and otherwise kept occupied. After four days she reportedly cut short her visit and went home. Though her hosts may not have been paying much attention...
...will be accompanied by her husband. Peter B. Greenough '39, a former Pudding member, and daughter Muffy, a high school senior, at the presentation of her award--an engraved "Pudding Pot"--in the Hasty Pudding building following the parade...
...even though relations with Thailand had been frosty. Meanwhile, although Hanoi's friendship with Peking is equally cool, Vietnamese Party Secretary General Le Duan recently visited the Chinese capital and came home with $300 million in aid. Le Duan, China watchers believe, also asked Peking to curb Pol Pot's government...