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With that, Wilson turned to another tack: subtle (and not-so-subtle) hints of the dangers of U.D.I. If Rhodesians felt they could break with Britain and escape hardships, they were wrong. Wilson pointed out that 48 countries had already subscribed to sanctions against Rhodesia in the event of U.D.I., and that it would be a simple matter to cut off the nation's oil by embargo. Even though Portugal would probably keep some oil flowing into Rhodesia through Angola or Mozambique, it would be a scant and stopgap measure at best...
...vast outpouring of U.S. aid in the 1950s but who now make no secret of their anti-American attitudes. Bhutto, an intimate friend of Indonesia's slick, pro-Peking Foreign Minister Subandrio, loses no opportunity to sneer at the U.S. effort in Viet Nam. Gauhar takes a similar tack, and has the means to propagate it: direct orders go out daily from his office to the Pakistan press, spelling out how stories-and headlines-should be played, guiding editors on the proper emphasis to be given government announcements...
Doty, whose report delved into all the aspects of the Gen Ed program and made numerous proposals for reforms, suggested that the CEP had adopted a different tack. He said the committee "has chosen to provide the minimum structure on which a Gen Ed program can be built, and left it to the General Education Committee to put some flesh on the bones...
...rise in six years: about 5% on low-priced shoes and much more-up to $2 for a $20 pair-on higher-priced lines. Although food prices are expected to edge down again after their startling climb, people are generally paying more for meals in restaurants; some restaurants even tack apologetic little notices onto the menu announcing that they must add an extra charge to steak, crab or lobster dinners. The prices of drinks are edging up too; in expensive Manhattan restaurants, a martini now mixes at $1.40. Going to the movies is a steadily more expensive pastime, and seats...
...what everyone wanted to hear was Rusk's reaction to Arthur Schlesinger Jr.'s serialized, stiletto-sharp at tack on Rusk as a "Buddhalike," ineffective Secretary of State whom President Kennedy had decided to fire after the 1964 elections (TIME, July 30). To those who hoped for a viperous answer in kind, Rusk's reply was disappointing. All he displayed was a quiet dignity that Schlesinger undoubtedly would have called Buddhalike...