Word: statesmanly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Ridiculous Issue. Nixon's political death came not in his defeat for Governor of California by incumbent Democrat Pat Brown but in his manner of meeting it. Brown is neither a great personality nor a great statesman, but he makes the most of what he has. Against him, Nixon decided to make domestic Communism the big issue; but the notion that Brown was soft on Communism was ridiculous. Sensing defeat, Nixon flailed out in a last-minute fury. On election eve, he appeared on television-with his wife and two teen-age daughters at his side-claimed in persecuted...
Every European statesman shared Fan-fani's hope that NATO can stay completely out of the Cuban crisis. But NATO's commander, General Lauris Norstad, who retires from the post this week after six years, put all his units in a state of "awareness," a limited alert that will speed full-scale mobilization if it becomes necessary...
...week's end, Nehru finally got off dead center through the declaration of a state of emergency, putting the nation on a war footing. India's elder statesman, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, leader of the conservative Swatantra Party, demanded that Nehru fire Menon as De fense Minister and take over the post himself. He charged that India's defense policy "has proved to be a miserable failure. It is meaningless to accuse the enemy of cheating-it's the enemy's business to cheat." Rajaji mourned that India stood alone: "All our neighbors are either against...
...statesman said that the United States can not afford racial discrimination, for "it gives rise to serious doubts" as to this country's ideals among the peoples of Africa and Asia, in addition to being "wasteful and divisive" domestically...
...amateur architect as well as a semipro statesman, Indonesia's President Sukarno often seems bored by the problems of building up his country's economy and feeding its population. Building up the skyline is much more pleasing, and it costs about the same. Last week Sukarno was still working hard at one of his theories: "Asians must show they can do big things as well as anybody else...