Word: suez
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Gaulle was doing all he could to mollify Arab states that might be useful intermediaries with the Algerian rebels. Events had moved a long way since France and Israel, out of common enmity toward Nasser, had cooperated in the Suez invasion...
...does. Adding Poland to Russia and neutralist Ceylon (which last week replaced Canada on the Security Council) would, they say, still leave the West with an 8-3 majority at the least-one more than the 7-4 vote needed to throw deadlocked issues such as Suez and Hungary into the General Assembly. (But the U.S. argues that by 1961 Russia-fearing Finland and the neutralist United Arab Republic will probably win seats, might cut the reliable majority to 6-5.) ¶Latin America has never been a monolithic bloc, even if the Russians do call...
...strong measure of condemnation would not force the Chinese out of Tibet, but it would at least maintain the ideals of the United Nations. After promisingly energetic stands in the Korean and Suez crises, the U.N. seems headed down the familiar road of reluctance that destroyed its predecessor...
...inextricably tied up with peace in Algeria, is more than an investment of half a billion dollars for France--it is the keystone of the policy of grandeur that de Gaulle is attempting to follow. With this oil, France is at last independent of the distasteful Nasser and his Suez Canal; without it, France is no better, in fact a little worse, than the rest of Western Europe. De Gaulle's desire for the uninterrupted flow of oil from the Sahara to France both inspires his sincere effort to end the Algerian war and gives a special shape...
Edward Heath, 43, Chief Tory Whip in the House of Commons. The man responsible for the cohesion and discipline of Tory M.P.s, quiet, determined Ted Heath performed near miracles by his firm but gentle enforcement of party loyalty during the Suez crisis. Widely considered the personification of Tory good sense and good manners, he is likely to be rewarded with a Cabinet post-perhaps the Ministry of Labor, if Iain Macleod moves...