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There should even be no more bitter surprises in the UN General Assembly as to NATO members ' votes, since a new ad hoc NATO committee has been set up so that in the future such topics as Angola will be discussed in advance. | set up | {
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There should even be no more bitter surprises in the UN General Assembly as to NATO members ' votes, since a new ad hoc NATO committee has been set up so that in the future such topics as Angola will be discussed in advance. | discussed | {
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Canada alone has been somewhat out of step with the Oslo attempt to get all the allied cars back on the track behind the NATO locomotive. | been | {
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Canada alone has been somewhat out of step with the Oslo attempt to get all the allied cars back on the track behind the NATO locomotive. | get | {
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Even Norway, despite daily but limited manifestations against atomic arms in the heart of this northernmost capital of the alliance, is today closer to the NATO line. | is | {
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On the negative side of the balance sheet must be set some disappointment that the United States leadership has not been as much in evidence as hoped for. | set | {
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One diplomat described the tenor of Secretary of State Dean Rusk 's speeches as `` inconclusive ''. | described | {
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But he hastened to add that, if United States policies were not always clear, despite Mr. Rusk 's analysis of the various global danger points and setbacks for the West, this may merely mean the new administration has not yet firmly fixed its policy. | hastened | {
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But he hastened to add that, if United States policies were not always clear, despite Mr. Rusk 's analysis of the various global danger points and setbacks for the West, this may merely mean the new administration has not yet firmly fixed its policy. | add | {
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But he hastened to add that, if United States policies were not always clear, despite Mr. Rusk 's analysis of the various global danger points and setbacks for the West, this may merely mean the new administration has not yet firmly fixed its policy. | fixed | {
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A certain vagueness may also be caused by tactical appreciation of the fact that the present council meeting is a semipublic affair, with no fewer than six Soviet correspondents accredited. | caused | {
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The impression has nevertheless been given during these three days, despite Mr. Rusk 's personal popularity, that the United States delegation came to Oslo in a somewhat tentative and exploratory frame of mind, more ready to listen and learn than to enunciate firm policy on a global scale with detailed application to i... | given | {
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The impression has nevertheless been given during these three days, despite Mr. Rusk 's personal popularity, that the United States delegation came to Oslo in a somewhat tentative and exploratory frame of mind, more ready to listen and learn than to enunciate firm policy on a global scale with detailed application to i... | learn | {
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The Secretary of State himself, in his first speech, gave some idea of the tremendous march of events inside and outside the United States that has preoccupied the new administration in the past four months. | gave | {
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But where the core of NATO is concerned, the Secretary of State has not only reiterated the United States ' profound attachment to the alliance, `` cornerstone '' of its foreign policy, but has announced that five nuclear submarines will eventually be at NATO 's disposal in European waters. | is | {
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But where the core of NATO is concerned, the Secretary of State has not only reiterated the United States ' profound attachment to the alliance, `` cornerstone '' of its foreign policy, but has announced that five nuclear submarines will eventually be at NATO 's disposal in European waters. | reiterated | {
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But where the core of NATO is concerned, the Secretary of State has not only reiterated the United States ' profound attachment to the alliance, `` cornerstone '' of its foreign policy, but has announced that five nuclear submarines will eventually be at NATO 's disposal in European waters. | announced | {
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But where the core of NATO is concerned, the Secretary of State has not only reiterated the United States ' profound attachment to the alliance, `` cornerstone '' of its foreign policy, but has announced that five nuclear submarines will eventually be at NATO 's disposal in European waters. | be | {
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The Secretary of State has also solemnly repeated a warning to the Soviet Union that the United States will not stand for another setback in Berlin, an affirmation once again taken up by the council as a whole. | repeated | {
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The Secretary of State has also solemnly repeated a warning to the Soviet Union that the United States will not stand for another setback in Berlin, an affirmation once again taken up by the council as a whole. | stand for | {
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The Secretary of State has also solemnly repeated a warning to the Soviet Union that the United States will not stand for another setback in Berlin, an affirmation once again taken up by the council as a whole. | taken up | {
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The secretary 's greatest achievement is perhaps the rekindling of NATO realization that East-West friction, wherever it take place around the globe, is in essence the general conflict between two entirely different societies, and must be treated as such without regard to geographical distance or lack of apparent conne... | is | {
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The secretary 's greatest achievement is perhaps the rekindling of NATO realization that East-West friction, wherever it take place around the globe, is in essence the general conflict between two entirely different societies, and must be treated as such without regard to geographical distance or lack of apparent conne... | is | {
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The annual spring meeting has given an impetus in three main directions : more, deeper, and more timely political consultation within the alliance, the use of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ( when ratified ) as a method of coordinating aid to the underdeveloped countries, and the need for str... | given | {
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The United States, State Department officials explain, now is mainly interested in setting up an international inspection system which will prevent Laos from being used as a base for Communist attacks on neighboring Thailand and South Viet Nam. | is | {
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The United States, State Department officials explain, now is mainly interested in setting up an international inspection system which will prevent Laos from being used as a base for Communist attacks on neighboring Thailand and South Viet Nam. | setting up | {
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The United States, State Department officials explain, now is mainly interested in setting up an international inspection system which will prevent Laos from being used as a base for Communist attacks on neighboring Thailand and South Viet Nam. | prevent | {
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The United States, State Department officials explain, now is mainly interested in setting up an international inspection system which will prevent Laos from being used as a base for Communist attacks on neighboring Thailand and South Viet Nam. | used | {
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They count on the aid of the neutral countries attending the Geneva conference to achieve this. | attending | {
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They count on the aid of the neutral countries attending the Geneva conference to achieve this. | achieve | {
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The United States hopes that any future Lao Cabinet would not become Communist dominated. | hopes | {
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The United States hopes that any future Lao Cabinet would not become Communist dominated. | become | {
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But it is apparent that no acceptable formula has been found to prevent such a possibility. | is | {
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The inclination here is to accept a de facto cease-fire in Laos, rather than continue to insist on a verification of the cease-fire by the international control commission before participating in the Geneva conference. | accept | {
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The inclination here is to accept a de facto cease-fire in Laos, rather than continue to insist on a verification of the cease-fire by the international control commission before participating in the Geneva conference. | continue | {
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The inclination here is to accept a de facto cease-fire in Laos, rather than continue to insist on a verification of the cease-fire by the international control commission before participating in the Geneva conference. | insist | {
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This is another of the modifications of policy on Laos that the Kennedy administration has felt compelled to make. | is | {
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This is another of the modifications of policy on Laos that the Kennedy administration has felt compelled to make. | felt | {
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This is another of the modifications of policy on Laos that the Kennedy administration has felt compelled to make. | make | {
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It excuses these actions as being the chain reaction to basic errors made in the previous administration. | excuses | {
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It excuses these actions as being the chain reaction to basic errors made in the previous administration. | being | {
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It excuses these actions as being the chain reaction to basic errors made in the previous administration. | made | {
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Its spokesmen insist that there has not been time enough to institute reforms in military and economic aid policies in the critical areas. | insist | {
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Its spokesmen insist that there has not been time enough to institute reforms in military and economic aid policies in the critical areas. | been | {
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Its spokesmen insist that there has not been time enough to institute reforms in military and economic aid policies in the critical areas. | institute | {
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But with the months moving on - and the immediate confrontations with the Communists showing no gain for the free world - the question arises : | moving on | {
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But with the months moving on - and the immediate confrontations with the Communists showing no gain for the free world - the question arises : | showing | {
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But with the months moving on - and the immediate confrontations with the Communists showing no gain for the free world - the question arises : | arises | {
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How effective have Kennedy administration first foreign policy decisions been in dealing with Communist aggression? | been | {
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How effective have Kennedy administration first foreign policy decisions been in dealing with Communist aggression? | dealing | {
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Former Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in Detroit called for a firmer and tougher policy toward the Soviet Union. | called for | {
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He was critical of what he feels is President Kennedy 's tendency to be too conciliatory. | was | {
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He was critical of what he feels is President Kennedy 's tendency to be too conciliatory. | feels | {
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He was critical of what he feels is President Kennedy 's tendency to be too conciliatory. | is | {
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He was critical of what he feels is President Kennedy 's tendency to be too conciliatory. | be | {
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It does not take a Gallup poll to find out that most Republicans in Congress feel this understates the situation as Republicans see it. | take | {
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It does not take a Gallup poll to find out that most Republicans in Congress feel this understates the situation as Republicans see it. | find out | {
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It does not take a Gallup poll to find out that most Republicans in Congress feel this understates the situation as Republicans see it. | feel | {
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It does not take a Gallup poll to find out that most Republicans in Congress feel this understates the situation as Republicans see it. | understates | {
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It does not take a Gallup poll to find out that most Republicans in Congress feel this understates the situation as Republicans see it. | see | {
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They can hardly restrain themselves from raising the question of whether Republicans, if they had been in power, would have made `` amateurish and monumental blunders '' in Cuba. | restrain | {
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They can hardly restrain themselves from raising the question of whether Republicans, if they had been in power, would have made `` amateurish and monumental blunders '' in Cuba. | raising | {
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They can hardly restrain themselves from raising the question of whether Republicans, if they had been in power, would have made `` amateurish and monumental blunders '' in Cuba. | been | {
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They can hardly restrain themselves from raising the question of whether Republicans, if they had been in power, would have made `` amateurish and monumental blunders '' in Cuba. | made | {
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One Republican senator told this correspondent that he was constantly being asked why he did n't attack the Kennedy administration on this score. | told | {
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One Republican senator told this correspondent that he was constantly being asked why he did n't attack the Kennedy administration on this score. | asked | {
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One Republican senator told this correspondent that he was constantly being asked why he did n't attack the Kennedy administration on this score. | attack | {
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His reply, he said, was that he agreed to the need for unity in the country now. | said | {
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His reply, he said, was that he agreed to the need for unity in the country now. | agreed | {
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But he further said that it was better politics to let others question the wisdom of administration policies first. | said | {
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But he further said that it was better politics to let others question the wisdom of administration policies first. | was | {
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