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After the"benign neglect" flap, Moynihan stayed out of the limelight until Nixon made him Ambassador to India in 1973. Arriving in New Delhi at a time when Indo-American relations were at their lowest ebb?in the wake of the U.S. tilt toward Pakistan in its 1971 war with India?Moynihan wisely decided to keep an uncharacteristically low profile. He stayed close to his official residence, Roosevelt House, which he loathed; he gave private showings of John Ford films to American visitors, and made only one or two speeches. The restraints of the New Delhi post have made...
Miki's decision would have pleased Chou Enlai: one of his most important foreign policy aims had been to get Tokyo to tilt more closely toward Peking than Moscow. The treaty that Miki agreed to sign last week seemed to fulfill that goal...
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...Thomas Passmore, Grand Master of Belfast's Orange Lodge. William Cardinal Conway, Ireland's Roman Catholic primate, described the Whitecross killings as "spitting in the face of Christ." Added a deeply pessimistic editorial in Dublin's Irish Times: "The headless horseman is driving Northern Ireland full tilt down the road to hell...
...straight years through the middle of the season and led the nation in spring last year for a while. But injuries of various assortments have plagued him throughout his career and prevented him from achieving the greatness he deserves. This year Fanelli is again starting out at full tilt, and he will be the toughest challenge that the young and inexperienced Crimson front wall will have faced thus far this season...