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...present crisis, the islands had become a symbol of the principle that, in an orderly world, an aggressor cannot be allowed to assert territorial claims by force. That principle the U.S. was properly committed to defend-with a vigor that many of its allies could be grateful for but were too pusillanimous to join. An agreement on the islands' neutralization would be bitter tea for Chiang Kaishek, but it might also be the only way to remove what Dwight Eisenhower called "the thorn in the side of peace...
...that though Macmillan is not willing to join physically in the military defense of Quemoy, Churchill's words reflected accurately Macmillan's willingness to give his U.S. ally full political and moral backing in time of trouble-something he cannot afford to say with as much vigor as he would wish in the face of British public opinion. From No. 10 came a stiff statement that "Mr. Churchill's article was not authorized," that Britain had "no commitment of any kind with the U.S. over the Far East situation...
Despite such notes of cheer, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, which has frequently disagreed with the economic views of the FRB, remained cautious. While recovery is undoubtedly under way, said the New York bank, the vigor and steadiness of the uptrend is still uncertain...
...endures. And for three centuries she's sent gentlemen into the councils of the world with quiet vigor and small hope...
Throughout this area last week there was a rapid reshuffling of positions. The reason: Cambodia's Premier, Prince Norodom Sihanouk, suddenly abandoned his "active" (i.e., pro-Western) neutrality and recognized Red China. Sihanouk visited Red China two years ago and appeared impressed with China's totalitarian "vigor." But he was not stampeded into recognition then. Last month, Sihanouk wrote cogently in the American quarterly Foreign Affairs that "a prince and a former king must be well aware that the first concern of the Communists is to get rid of the king and the natural elite of any country...