Word: valerian
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...course of his hectic homecoming, Glenn rubbed shoulders with the President, had the Vice President for his constant companion, addressed a joint meeting of Congress, was feted by the United Nations (even habitually dour Russian Ambassador Valerian Zorin congratulated him warmly), and cheerfully endured the affection of celebrities who swarmed around him. But the surest measure of Glenn's apotheosis from man to hero could be found in the millions of Americans who endured chilly rain or crystalline cold to catch a glimpse of him as he rode by-or watched his progress on TV almost as eagerly...
...trying year as U.N. Ambassador, the U.S.'s Adlai Stevenson proved himself effective. No match for Russia's Valerian Zorin in cold-war infighting, and sometimes carried too far by his own eloquence, Stevenson was impressive in the role of the honest, persuasive American liberal upholding the rights of the smaller nations, crying freedom wherever it seemed in danger. Backing him up with coldly intelligent strategic planning was Harlan Cleveland. Assistant Secretary of State in special charge of U.N. affairs. Cleveland sums up the U.S. role in the 16th Assembly thus: "If you make up your mind early...
...Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, who had maneuvered skillfully throughout, declared himself "gratified" that Nationalist China's rights in the U.N. had been reinforced, while Russia's Valerian Zorin said he was convinced that "many nations who were compelled to vote against or abstain from this resolution will vote in favor at the next session...
Wrathful Hurricane. Russia's Valerian Zorin started off in his high-pitched voice, demanding that Nationalist China be kicked out of the U.N. and the Reds immediately admitted, without "juridical or procedural complexities.'' This was aimed at the U.S. strategy to have Chinese representation be declared an "important question," which would require a two-thirds vote instead of a simple majority...
...merely designed to set a precedent for action against him. He sent delegates to the U.N. Security Council and the Organization of American States to denounce the U.S. intervention and demand that the U.S. forces be withdrawn. At the Security Council he won the approval of Russia's Valerian Zorin but only eloquent silence from Security Council members Ecuador and Chile. At the OAS, no other Latin American nation could bring itself to protest the toppling of the Trujillo empire, and Dr. José Antonio Bonilla Atiles, one of the Trujillo opposition, told the Security Council. " 'Blessed...