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...Patriotic," "kindly," "gentle," "sweet" and "generous" are the words that his family and friends use. His children know that he can be tender, for we have seen him rock each of his twelve grandchildren in turn, singing their favorite song, Frog Went a-Courtin'. Won't that surprise some of his colleagues on the Hill, who think he eats cactus for breakfast...
...Use force, if necessary, to uphold the allies' right to supply their military outposts in Berlin (the West expects no interference with the flow of civilian goods to West Berlin). "We are resolved," said Dulles, "that our position in and access to West Berlin shall be preserved. We are in general agreement as to the procedures we shall follow if physical means are invoked to interfere with our rights...
Ruinous Route? "It is our obligation, as I see it, if we belong to one of the groups for which the Government has made special provision, to use that help responsibly and constructively. It is up to us to do our level best to re-establish speedily our own equality of opportunity ... I believe that when this has once been accomplished, and my special requirements satisfied, then certainly [as a member of any special group] I do not need, do not deserve, and should not accept any special help from the Government. If I do so, I help deny equality...
...Cypriot republic be a member of the British Commonwealth, or just part of the sterling bloc? Would Britain have full sovereignty over its Cyprus bases-including the right to launch military action from Cyprus without the consent of the Cypriot government? At stake was whether the British could use the base not only for NATO purposes but as a springboard in Middle East trouble spots, such as Kuwait and Oman, as Britain used it for Suez and Jordan. What would be the citizenship status of the thousands of Greek Cypriots now living in the United Kingdom on British passports...
...three prongs, with round prongs and square prongs. There are plugs the size of kumquats, walnuts, pingpong balls and lemons. Some appliances have three-strand wire, some two. The voltage may be either 210, 220 or 240-or in a few areas, 110. When an American visitor tries to use a transformer to make a 110-voltage U.S. appliance work in a 220-volt British house, he finds he has been cunningly outwitted: Britain uses 50-cycle current instead of the 60-cycle found in the U.S. This causes 60-cycle U.S. washers and driers to wash and dry feebly...