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Then George Allen went beyond the expected, polite tributes as he moved to the delicate subject of Algeria (De Gaulle was angered by U.S. abstention on the Algerian question in the U.N. last winter). "We recognize that France faces a problem of greater difficulty and complexity than that which burdens any other free nation," he said. "We welcomed the Constantine Plan* as a major step forward. We welcomed your affirmation of the reality of an 'Algerian personality,' " adding, "We sincerely hope that an equitable and liberal solution-one that will maintain French ties to Algeria -will be found...
...effect has been to increase the very problem-unemployment-that Castro promises to attack through land reform. As Puerto Rico, Brazil and other Latin American states have discovered, the fastest, surest way to provide mass high-income employment is industrialization; all of Fidel Castro's measures so far have scared off the capital that builds factories. Last week, deeply concerned that for the masses his revolution is coming to equal joblessness. Castro announced that during the next six months he will spend $135 million on public works to build roads, parks, bridges, schools and hospitals...
...speech that often give her voice an ingenuous quality, and seem wholly at odds with a New Orleans drawl; but it is to Miss Humphrey's credit as a concentrated performer that she is the only member of the company who has made any attempt to master the accent problem...
...problem with lumping together such volumes, Coop buyer Robert Nindel point out, is that with little stretch of the imagination they could also be classified in other categories. However, he praised the idea for a special shelf...
Mysterious Trenches. An ocean-bottom problem that fascinates all oceanographers is the origin of the deep troughs that are found mostly in the Pacific. The deepest ones, e.g., the Tonga Trench, the Marianas Trench, have narrow V bottoms that are clear of sediment. They are uneasy parts of the earth's crust. Deep-focus earthquakes rumble out of them, and generally volcanoes spout near...