Word: temperedness
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Kennedy saw at least two hopeful developments on the world scene. One was that the nonaligned nations now view the U.S. more favorably because of its actions in Cuba, the India-China war, the Congo and on disarmament. The other involves the increasing strains in the Communist bloc, where nationalism...
Two months ago, Nkrumah relented, readmitted Roseveare to Ghana. But last week the bishop was in trouble again. In a New Year's Eve sermon, Roseveare delivered a carefully worded attack on "idolatry." He named no names, did not so much as mention Ghana, but Nkrumah's terrible...
Bug-Out Artists. Tshombe himself alternately shouted defiance and whispered of his peaceable aims. After a panicky flight to Southern Rhodesia when the U.N. first attacked, he returned to Katanga, setting up headquarters in the town of Kolwezi. He was disposed to negotiate, he said, but if the U.N. refused...
Although expansion has been accomplished by plunging many farmers into debt, the only serious flaw in the changed economic structure, this has not tempered the general optimism. Chanzeaux, Wylie reports, is no longer fatalistic about its future. When he asked, "What's going to happen?" the answer last month was...
Died. Arthur Vining Davis, 95, terrible-tempered tycoon who ran up a fortune in aluminum and reinvested it in Florida industry, becoming one of the world's wealthiest men, worth an estimated $350 million; in Miami. With backing from Banker Brothers Andrew and Richard B. Mellon, Davis helped found...