Word: thant
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...Secretary General U Thant feared that befriending the Biafrans would undermine his status with Nigeria and other member nations that felt threatened by tribal secession. Great Britain had extensive economic ties to her former colony and envisioned huge profits for British petroleum interests from the oil deposits recently discovered under Nigeria's Eastern Region--Biafra. Small wonder, then, that Prime Minister Harold Wilson "remarked that if a million lbos had to die to preserve the unity of Nigeria, well, that was not too high a price...
...Thant K. Myint-U '87, who had just flown in from Christmas vacation in Bangkok, overcame his exhaustion to see the Secretary because, he said, his grandfather had served as a U.N. Third Secretary General and Myint-U thought it would be nice to "come say hello...
Against the surge of feeling, Khrushchev reacted hesitantly. Twelve hours after Kennedy's speech, the Kremlin issued a cautiously worded statement. Then Khrushchev grasped eagerly at a suggestion by U Thant, Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations, for a two or three weeks "suspension," with Russia halting missile shipments to Cuba and Kennedy lifting the blockade. Kennedy politely declined...
...dynamism. In other words, he possesses the very qualities that major powers generally seek in a Secretary-General. "Pérez is a very decent chap," says Under Secretary-General Brian Urquhart, a Briton who has worked closely with him. Pérez is often compared to U Thant, the quiet, self-effacing Burmese who served in the U.N.'s highest office from 1961 to 1971. Unlike Waldheim, the Peruvian does not have a reputation as a workaholic. Still, diplomats welcome his familiarity with the international organization's long and often byzantine corridors. "He is a very good...
...virtually no one will get to see it during one of the six prohibitively expensive (tickets from $12.50 to 22.50) showings at the Metropolitan Center? The only thing certain is that Napoleon is going to be the first movie ever to have more articles written about it thant there will be people who've seen the show...