Word: rearmaments
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...only natural that Israel, surrounded by enemies who still declare their undying hostility four months after the war, is making a big point of Arab rearmament and its own pleas for the resumption of arms supplies pinched off by the U.S. and Britain. The fact is, however, that Russia has restored more like 60% of the arms and equipment lost by the Arabs, that it has more or less stuck to defensive weapons and that it has been slowing down its shipments of arms...
...facing the consequences of defeat. Led by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, the rich oil-producing states agreed to put up $392 million to rebuild Egypt and Jordan-on condition that they be allowed to resume oil shipments to the West. But instead of pursuing destructive schemes for all-out rearmament against Israel, the summit dwelt on more sober thoughts. Nasser himself set the tone...
...great and growing influence in Spanish life is no conspiracy or intrigue but the natural product of a unique organization whose members, drawn largely from the professions and the managerial class, were bound to rise to the top in any case. Its message is a sort of Catholic moral rearmament-an opportunity for serious and dedicated men to live Christian lives outside the cathedral as well as in it. Its founder, Escrivá, gave up a law career to join the priesthood. But instead of encouraging others to take up the habit, Escrivá began preaching that laymen who dedicate...
Ogden, Chaplin's hero, is no more appealing than the people around him. He comes on as a diplomatic prig, spouting. Moral Rearmament gibberish at a press conference, Socially reserved and emotionally up-tight. He never changes. Although he professes love for Natascha in the last third of the film, there is no sign of any difference in his wooden personality. Chaplin's treatment of the character forces us to question his capacity for love, and look for other less romantic motives for his behavior...
Against my better judgment, I like Julie Andrews, but she's making it increasingly difficult. Except for The Americanization of Emily, her taste in motion picture properties has proved less than sterling (Pace, the magazine of Moral Rearmament, to the contrary...