Word: threatens
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...banquet for Ho given by Premier Chou Enlai, where, according to Radio Peking, there was much "clinking of glasses with those sitting at nearby tables." The Communists also feasted on propaganda. The U.S., charged Chou, is trying to block "peaceful unification of Viet Nam." "These plots," echoed Ho, "gravely threaten peace." Together, they demanded "thorough implementation" of the Geneva Agreements. Under the terms of Geneva, the Communists and the French are supposed to consult together July 20 to work out plans for an all-Viet Nam election next year. The Communists may well decide to press for this...
More important, the S.G. has the right to draft resolutions and take part in all U.N. debates. His duty, laid down in the charter, is to "bring to the attention of the Security Council any matter which in his opinion may threaten . . . international peace." In practice, this means that the S.G. may inject himself into any international dispute he thinks he can help to settle. Trygve Lie, Hammarskjold's Norwegian predecessor, sometimes gave the impression that he thought he could settle anything. Earnest and eager, Lie once hawked his personal plan for 20 years of peace from one world...
...Anti-Communism "after all is only a new aspect of resistance to foreign ferments which might threaten national unity. It is not so much a political barrier against Russian supremacy as rivalry between two economic systems, both of which have been built up on semi-religious convictions...
...short run, the long term effects of deliberately causing the unemployment of 18,000 workers will probably increase pressure on Congress to boost the minimum wage. Such a bill is now before Congress, and a sudden dislocation of this area's economy, such as mill operators now threaten, will increase public pressure for its enactment. With a higher minimum wage, manufacturers will find that costs of producing in the South are no lower than New England operation...
...high time the United States quit throwing money and materials around the world like a drunken sailor and settled on a foreign policy clearly consonant with our national interests first and foremost. We pile deficit on deficit until we threaten ourselves with bankruptcy...