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...independently decided to enlarge the U.N. observer corps in revolt-torn Lebanon-despite Soviet vetoes of two resolutions asking just that. Russia did not like but swallowed his decision, and the U.N. found practical as well as theoretical acceptance for its acting as arbiter in internal disputes that might threaten peace. It edged even closer last year when, again over Russian objections, Dag established the U.N. presence in Laos after revival of the Communist Pathet Lao rebellion...
...threaten Cuba with your might because other countries also have much might. That is our policy toward the Latin American countries and toward Cuba.'' Latin American nations have been noticeably reticent to side with...
...compacts not only threaten tax revenues, said Mackie, but are also highway hazards. For example, he argued that compact and smaller car headlights are too close together, thus give other drivers trouble judging the distance from such approaching cars at night. The Michigan Good Roads Federation shares Mackie's concern, and Michigan State University's Highway Traffic Safety Center is studying traffic flow and safety questions involving the compacts...
...Italian stock-market transactions. Milan's factories pour out motor scooters and motor cars, turbines and typewriters, boilers and books. With less than 1/25th of the nation's 50 million people, hardworking Milan pays 26% of Italy's national tax bill. Sometimes the Milanese jokingly threaten to secede and join Switzerland. If they did, the remainder of Italy would sink in economic significance to the level of Greece or Portugal...
...small, barren island of Likoma in Africa's Lake Nyasa stands a great cathedral. Built by native Anglican converts a century ago, it was long the center of Anglican missionary work in Nyasaland and a showpiece of transplanted Christianity. Today, huge cracks threaten to bring down the remnants of its walls, and its stained-glass windows hang crazily from their worm-eaten wooden frames...