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...international position of the U.S. With noisy triumph, Peking hailed the cancellation of Ike's visit as "an unprecedented loss of face." But from surprising quarters of Asia came indications that, far from taking any pleasure in U.S. discomfiture, even some neutralists found in it food for sober thought about Communist imperialism. Declared Rangoon's Guardian: "The lesson of Japan is all too plain to us in Burma and in the smaller countries of Asia. None of us can afford to give the least ground to those who think nothing of using violence to force their aims...
...public image, was foreign policy. Since the summit breakup in Paris, he has been bruised by the suspicion that he is too young to handle the man-sized diplomatic problems confronting the U.S. To erase that impression, he put on a statesmanlike dark suit, white shirt and sober, figured tie to deliver a major Senate speech on foreign policy. He laid down a twelve-point program that few could quarrel with (buildup of U.S. strength, closer relations with Latin America, new muscles for NATO, increased aid for underdeveloped nations, etc.). He pleased liberals with a proposal to "improve our communications...
...hired a new editor, Edwin Palmer Hoyt, from the Portland Oregonian, where he had risen in twelve years from the copy desk to publisher. Sweeping out vestigial traces of the circus makeup, Hoyt gave the Post its first real editorial page, completed the Post's conversion into a sober, dependable and stodgy newspaper...
...last week, sober second thoughts began to set in, and for the first time since he began his march around India nine years ago, Bhave found himself under heavy attack. Dryly, the Times of India noted that ten times as many dacoits had surrendered to police in the three years previous. From Madhya Pradesh Police Inspector-General K. F. Rustomji came the bitter charge that Bhave's criticisms of the police had weakened their morale and heartened the dacoits, with the result that the crime rate in the ravines was on the rise. In acid agreement, the Hindustan Times...
Wall Streeters were counting on a big hike in defense spending, but when Washington took pains to refute this talk, investors had some sober second thoughts. They began to sell the defense stocks, turned their attention to such old favorites as leisure-time stock and such neglected issues as rails and oils. Total effect: the market advanced to 625.24 on the Dow-Jones industrial average, up 12.21 for the biggest one-week gain in six weeks...