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Vital Difference. Fact was that Red China clearly believed that the more protracted the discussions the better. ''If necessary," said Peking Radio last week. "we will talk for five or even ten years.'' Like some U.S. officials, the commissars of Peking saw Quemoy as ''...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN RELATIONS: Negotiation in Warsaw | 9/29/1958 | See Source »

But despite all the efforts to placate them, Arabs responded to the President's six-point plan with a surly refusal to discuss any constructive steps until U.S. and British troops get out of Lebanon and Jordan (see FOREIGN NEWS). Because of this foreseeable Arab attitude, plus the fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Points for Peace | 8/25/1958 | See Source »

Arab nationalism and unification are inevitable. Protracted armed intervention by the West will culminate in calamity.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Aug. 4, 1958 | 8/4/1958 | See Source »

The Lords should find no further roadblocks to the swift and triumphal entry of the ladies of the realm. After a protracted, but a generally decorous debate, the peers recognized that women, after all, are here to stay. This too is in line with recent University policy. The ladies, if...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Corsets and Coronets | 2/20/1958 | See Source »

When her hair grows out, Co Ha will marry the man of her choice. Her father, facing a protracted period of disgrace, went home to count his diminished wealth and mutter imprecations against modern notions. Across the land, Saigon's press reported a sharp increase in shaven-headed maidens...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH VIET NAM: When the Sky Fell | 2/17/1958 | See Source »

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