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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French by refusing to pay their share of U.N. peace-keeping operations in the Middle East, the Congo and Cyprus. Besides, as nominal head of an organization composed of 121 sovereign states, he was, as he put it in September, when he announced that he definitely would not seek another term, merely "a glorified clerk." Yet last week, to the surprise of practically no one and to the relief of practically everyone, U Thant agreed to serve a second five-year term. The General Assembly hastily re-elected him by a vote...
...airlift of refugees from Communist Cuba last week marked its first anniversary. In that period, more than 45,000 Cubans have been flown free to new lives in the U.S. Though the number who would seek to leave Cuba was originally estimated at 150,000, another 700,000 Cubans still await Fidel Castro's action on their applications to leave. Despite confiscation of most of their property as a precondition to leaving, only 5% of the first year's refugees required U.S. welfare assistance-and then only for short periods...
...reasons young males and females wear their hair alike and dress alike," said Dr. Greenson, 'stems from their fear of the opposite sex." Though the long-hair cult remains a minority beyond such hangouts as Greenwich Village and Sunset Strip, the doctor concluded that boys and girls now "seek a twin, not a sweetheart or over. They are only secure with someone who resembles themselves...
Simons rejects Bible-based morality on the grounds that Jesus himself imposed no detailed code of behavior, but rather gave a general injunction that man should live according to the highest standards and seek perfection through love. He likewise feels that the conventional Catholic approach to natural law is too abstract and impersonal. The traditional natural-law moralist would call lying a sin because it perverts the purpose of speech, which is communication. Simons' general-welfare theory suggests a more plausible reason, similar to the thinking of Protestants who reject natural law: that "mankind would be gravely harmed...
...group would also like to seek workman's compensation, especially in the science areas, as well as a tax-exempt status for salaries, an organizer said. She pointed to last year's cyclotron explosion, when several injured teaching fellows received no compensation...