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French Reasoning. On NATO, the French position is considerably less logical. Basically, De Gaulle holds that to be truly sovereign today, a nation needs its own atomic deterrent, and he insists that France must have its force de frappe rather than rely...
While De Gaulle has insisted all along that the only feasible political union must be a loose confederation of sovereign states, convinced Europeans such as Belgium's Paul-Henri Spaak have clung to the ideal of a single, truly supranational U.S. of Europe. ("Spaakistan!" snorts De Gaulle.) Recently, however, Spaak has come round to the Gaullist approach, at least as a practical first step toward ultimate integration. Moreover, at week's end there were signs that Charles de Gaulle might also be in a mood for compromise. After an hour's chat with his old antagonist...
...sovereign nation, Rhodesia might lose some $5,500,000 a year that Britain contributes toward balancing its budget. As a maverick state outside the Commonwealth, it would have to find new markets for more than half of its yearly exports, and would forfeit highly preferential Commonwealth tariff rates...
...majority opinion, the Supreme Court ruled that British-style legislative omnipotence cannot be permitted in a federal nation governed by a written constitution, where "it is the constitution which is supreme and sovereign." Not only does the Indian constitution provide "rigid separation of powers," ruled the court, but "there is no doubt that the constitution has entrusted the judicature in this country with the task of construing the provisions of the constitution and of safeguarding the fundamental rights of the citizens." To such rights, which include the right of free speech, the court found no exceptions "by reference...
Defeat by a total of 48 min. 11 sec. was half again as bad as Sceptre's loss in 1958. Britons tended to find a scapegoat in Helmsman Scott, but that was unfair: Sovereign was so far outclassed that it needed an engine. "Damn," said one U.S. yachtsman, "why did the British have to come up with a boat like this?" But Constellation had barely crossed the finish line when Australia's Sir Frank Packer, whose Gretel made a fair show of it in 1962, handed an envelope to Commodore Chauncey Stillman of the New York Yacht Club...