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Virtually all the clubs now talk about "liberalizing" their membership policies. The tacit ban on Jews has been relaxed in most clubs, though the ban on Negroes is still in effect. Experiments in "liberalization," however, have met with little success. The boy from public school in Iowa or Oregon elected to a club is often overwhelmed by the heady atmosphere and becomes himself a caricature clubbie...
Overbearing Allies. Noman's peace drive obviously has the tacit blessing of Nasser, who is pained by the $500,000-a-day drain and the occupation of the Egyptian army in a bloody and endless war. In fact, everyone is fed up. The royalist tribes have had their villages bombed to rubble and lost an estimated 40,000 dead. The republican tribes resent their overbearing Egyptian allies, and are discouraged by lack of success in the field. Saudi Arabia's King Feisal, who backs the Imam, would be happy to see the Egyptians leave Yemen...
Part of the doctor's optimism for the bill's successful passage is due to the tacit support from a traditional opponent of birth control legislation, the Roman Catholic Church. Richard Cardinal Cushing has publicly stated that "in no way will I feel it my duty to oppose amendment...
...general, it is a rare week when some U.S. embassy in Africa or Asia is not surrounded by demonstrators hurling rocks or at least carrying anti-American placards, with the tacit approval of the local government. This suggests to many people that the U.S. ought to worry a lot less about the "neutrals." There is considerable sentiment in Congress to amend the President's foreign-aid requests (see box) to cut off funds for such countries as Egypt, which is funneling arms to the Congo rebels, and Indonesia, which keeps harassing pro-Western Malaysia...
...tacit agreement, the U.S. has left Malaysia to the British, while concentrating on the expensive war in Viet Nam. However, during a visit to Washington last July, Malaysian Premier Tunku Abdul Rahman let it be known that he would welcome some American aid too, and a U.S. delegation recently arrived in Kuala Lumpur for talks. But last week, when the delegation got down to crossing the t's and dotting the i's on an aid deal, howls of shock and chagrin arose from the Malaysians...