Word: troops
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Defended its actions in the United Nations Security Council, in the face of considerable general disapproval of the troop movements; then, after a Russian veto in the Council, proposed to go to the General Assembly, if necessary, to get the U.N. to take over the job of safeguarding Lebanon and Jordan...
...energy all right; he is writing a thesis, plays catch with his wife and sons, and runs a troop of Boy Scouts. But Author Barth matches him with a crushing tragedy in the face of which his pragmatism is meaningless and his nihilism a cheerless thing. The agent of his undoing is the narrator of the book, Jacob Horner, one of the most fascinatingly dreadful characters to appear in a long time. He is self-described as "owl. peacock, chameleon, donkey and popinjay, fugitive from a medieval bestiary." In more modern terms, he is also a manic-depressive...
...Sixth Fleet, with 3,000 combat equipped Marines aboard, canceled an Istanbul visit to remain at sea in the Eastern Mediterranean; the British increased their troop strength in Cyprus to 37,000, considerably more than was needed for quelling Nicosia rioters. The Soviet press, denouncing "imperialist war plans against Lebanon," hinted at sending Russian "volunteers" to help the rebels. Amid these rumblings, Peacemaker Dag Hammarskjold flew on to Cairo this week to explain the advantages of the thin line he had drawn across the Lebanese side of Nasser's Syrian frontier...
...West Germany's President Theodor Heuss went about Washington on a genial state visit, the West German government last week informed the U.S. that it is no longer prepared to pay any costs of supporting U.S. troops in Germany. Bonn's note, described as "blunt," was not made public. Reportedly, the Germans explained that their recent $100 million troop-cost settlement with Britain (TIME, April 28) was simply an act of mutual aid to a NATO ally in economic difficulties and hence could not be regarded as a precedent for further payments to the U.S. The theory...
...bill, which the U.S. agreed not to dun them for before the German elections. The elections have come and gone, but the money is yet to be seen. As Britain and France have cut their NATO manpower, and West Germany has at last begun to contribute its own troops to the alliance, Bonn has stiffened its attitude -on support costs, which many Germans choose to call "occupation costs." Defense Minister Franz Josef Strauss, an open foe of support payments, has even implied that if his government does agree to any payments, he will cancel large chunks of his ministry...