Word: primed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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That afternoon, the delegates approved the "agreed foundation for the final settlement of the problem of Cyprus" (Makarios had wanted to call it only "a basis"). After the three Prime Ministers signed the agreement in Menderes' hospital room, Harold Macmillan went before the House of Commons to pronounce it a "victory for reason and cooperation ... a victory...
...most securely rooted leaders in Southeast Asia have quit their prime ministries-the better to secure their leadership...
...time to recognize that even Mahatma Gandhi, who also opposed birth control, was not infallible: "As in some other matters where the Mahatma's outlook was rigid and doctrinaire, time, along with an oppressive sense of the realities, has induced a change." A fervent Gandhian disciple, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru added his persuasive voice by acknowledging that "a tremendous crisis might arise in the world with an indefinitely growing population." Noting that people in Europe and the Americas were "getting frightened at the prospect of the masses of Asia becoming vaster and vaster and swarming all over the place...
...allowed aboard. Following as best they might, the newsmen could expect only rudeness or a quarterdeck tongue-lashing when they got close. The duke has been especially testy about the swarms of Indian photographers. At New Delhi he asked irritably, "Who are all these people?", and turned to Prime Minister Nehru to remark cuttingly: "I thought there was a film shortage in your country." At the Taj Mahal, begged for one more picture, Prince Philip consented but snapped: "Get on with your business and stop talking...
...Burma, the paradox was accomplished by General Ne Win, 48, who resigned as Prime Minister and left the decision for the future up to the Assembly. He was quitting, Ne Win blandly explained, because the original six-month mandate given him by the Assembly last October was insufficient to restore law and order and prepare for national elections. After a decorous debate last week, all parties except the Red-lining National United Front agreed with Ne Win and amended the constitution to let the general resume power-and again prepare for elections. Target date: some time before...