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Ambassador Stevenson yesterday described the U. N. 's problem of electing a temporary successor to the late Dag Hammarskjold as `` the gravest crisis the institution has faced ''. | electing | {
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Ambassador Stevenson yesterday described the U. N. 's problem of electing a temporary successor to the late Dag Hammarskjold as `` the gravest crisis the institution has faced ''. | faced | {
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Of course it is. | is | {
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If the decision goes wrong, it may be - as Mr. Stevenson fears - `` the first step on the slippery path downhill '' to a U. N. without operational responsibilities and without effective meaning. | goes wrong | {
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If the decision goes wrong, it may be - as Mr. Stevenson fears - `` the first step on the slippery path downhill '' to a U. N. without operational responsibilities and without effective meaning. | be | {
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If the decision goes wrong, it may be - as Mr. Stevenson fears - `` the first step on the slippery path downhill '' to a U. N. without operational responsibilities and without effective meaning. | fears | {
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The integrity of the office not merely requires that the Secretary General shall be, as the Charter puts it, `` the chief administrative officer of the Organization '', but that neither he nor his staff shall seek or receive instructions from any government or any other authority `` external to the Organization ''. | requires | {
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The integrity of the office not merely requires that the Secretary General shall be, as the Charter puts it, `` the chief administrative officer of the Organization '', but that neither he nor his staff shall seek or receive instructions from any government or any other authority `` external to the Organization ''. | be | {
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The integrity of the office not merely requires that the Secretary General shall be, as the Charter puts it, `` the chief administrative officer of the Organization '', but that neither he nor his staff shall seek or receive instructions from any government or any other authority `` external to the Organization ''. | puts | {
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The integrity of the office not merely requires that the Secretary General shall be, as the Charter puts it, `` the chief administrative officer of the Organization '', but that neither he nor his staff shall seek or receive instructions from any government or any other authority `` external to the Organization ''. | seek | {
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The integrity of the office not merely requires that the Secretary General shall be, as the Charter puts it, `` the chief administrative officer of the Organization '', but that neither he nor his staff shall seek or receive instructions from any government or any other authority `` external to the Organization ''. | receive | {
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In other words, the Secretary General is to be a nonpartisan, international servant, not a political, national one. | be | {
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He should be, as Dag Hammarskjold certainly was, a citizen of the world. | be | {
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He should be, as Dag Hammarskjold certainly was, a citizen of the world. | was | {
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The Charter does stipulate that `` due regard '' shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on `` as wide a geographical basis as possible ''. | stipulate | {
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The Charter does stipulate that `` due regard '' shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on `` as wide a geographical basis as possible ''. | paid | {
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The Charter does stipulate that `` due regard '' shall be paid to the importance of recruiting the staff on `` as wide a geographical basis as possible ''. | recruiting | {
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The United States and its allies have had no objection to this. | had | {
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What they have objected to is the attempt of the Russians to make use of the tragedy of Dag Hammarskjold 's death to turn the entire U. N. staff from the Secretary down into political agents of the respective countries from which they come. | objected | {
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What they have objected to is the attempt of the Russians to make use of the tragedy of Dag Hammarskjold 's death to turn the entire U. N. staff from the Secretary down into political agents of the respective countries from which they come. | is | {
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What they have objected to is the attempt of the Russians to make use of the tragedy of Dag Hammarskjold 's death to turn the entire U. N. staff from the Secretary down into political agents of the respective countries from which they come. | make | {
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What they have objected to is the attempt of the Russians to make use of the tragedy of Dag Hammarskjold 's death to turn the entire U. N. staff from the Secretary down into political agents of the respective countries from which they come. | come | {
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The controversy now revolves mainly around the number and geographic origin of the deputies of the Secretary General and, more particularly, around the nature of his relationship with them. | revolves | {
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Although the United States and the U. S. S. R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work. | arguing | {
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Although the United States and the U. S. S. R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work. | be | {
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Although the United States and the U. S. S. R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work. | is | {
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Although the United States and the U. S. S. R. have been arguing whether there shall be four, five or six top assistants, the most important element in the situation is not the number of deputies but the manner in which these deputies are to do their work. | do | {
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If any one of them has any power to veto the Secretary General 's decisions the nature of the organization will have changed. | has | {
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If any one of them has any power to veto the Secretary General 's decisions the nature of the organization will have changed. | veto | {
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The Secretary General must have, subject to the constitutional direction of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the power to act, to propose action and to organize action without being hobbled by advisers and assistants acting on someone else 's instructions. | have | {
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The Secretary General must have, subject to the constitutional direction of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the power to act, to propose action and to organize action without being hobbled by advisers and assistants acting on someone else 's instructions. | act | {
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The Secretary General must have, subject to the constitutional direction of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the power to act, to propose action and to organize action without being hobbled by advisers and assistants acting on someone else 's instructions. | propose | {
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The Secretary General must have, subject to the constitutional direction of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the power to act, to propose action and to organize action without being hobbled by advisers and assistants acting on someone else 's instructions. | hobbled | {
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This is the root issue for which the United States should stand. | is | {
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This is the root issue for which the United States should stand. | stand | {
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We should not become confused or let our public become confused over irrelevant questions of number or even of geography. | become | {
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We should not become confused or let our public become confused over irrelevant questions of number or even of geography. | let | {
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We should not become confused or let our public become confused over irrelevant questions of number or even of geography. | become | {
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What we must have, if the United Nations is to survive, is as nonpolitical, nonpartisan an organization at the top as human beings can make it, subject to no single nation 's direction and subservient to no single nation 's ambition. | have | {
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What we must have, if the United Nations is to survive, is as nonpolitical, nonpartisan an organization at the top as human beings can make it, subject to no single nation 's direction and subservient to no single nation 's ambition. | is | {
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What we must have, if the United Nations is to survive, is as nonpolitical, nonpartisan an organization at the top as human beings can make it, subject to no single nation 's direction and subservient to no single nation 's ambition. | make | {
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The new City Charter, which should get a Yes vote as Question No. 1 on Nov. 7, would not make a good Mayor out of a bad one. | get | {
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The new City Charter, which should get a Yes vote as Question No. 1 on Nov. 7, would not make a good Mayor out of a bad one. | make | {
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There is no such magic in man-made laws. | is | {
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But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor 's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency ... | strengthen | {
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But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor 's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency ... | remove | {
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But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor 's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency ... | is | {
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But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor 's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency ... | increase | {
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But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor 's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency ... | vest | {
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But it would greatly strengthen any Mayor 's executive powers, remove the excuse in large degree that he is a captive of inaction in the Board of Estimate, increase his budget-making authority both as to expense and capital budgets, and vest in him the right to reorganize city departments in the interest of efficiency ... | reorganize | {
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Lawmaking power is removed from the Board of Estimate and made a partnership responsibility of the City Council and the Mayor. | removed | {
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Lawmaking power is removed from the Board of Estimate and made a partnership responsibility of the City Council and the Mayor. | made | {
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Thus there is a clearer division of authority, administrative and legislative. | is | {
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The board is diminished in both respects, while it retains control over zoning, franchises, pier leases, sale, leasing and assignment of property, and other trusteeship functions. | diminished | {
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The board will be able to increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, subject to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City Council will now share fully this budget-altering power. | be | {
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The board will be able to increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, subject to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City Council will now share fully this budget-altering power. | increase | {
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The board will be able to increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, subject to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City Council will now share fully this budget-altering power. | decrease | {
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The board will be able to increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, subject to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City Council will now share fully this budget-altering power. | add | {
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The board will be able to increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, subject to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City Council will now share fully this budget-altering power. | eliminate | {
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The board will be able to increase, decrease, add or eliminate budget items, subject to the Mayor 's veto ; but the City Council will now share fully this budget-altering power. | share | {
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Overriding of mayoral veto on budget changes will require concurrence by board and Council, and a two-thirds vote. | require | {
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The Controller retains his essential `` fiscal watchdog '' functions ; his broad but little used investigative powers are confirmed. | used | {
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The Controller retains his essential `` fiscal watchdog '' functions ; his broad but little used investigative powers are confirmed. | confirmed | {
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He loses now-misplaced tax collection duties, which go to the Finance Department. | loses | {
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He loses now-misplaced tax collection duties, which go to the Finance Department. | go | {
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On net balance, in spite of Controller Gerosa 's opposition to the new Charter as an invasion of his office, the Controller will have the opportunity for greater usefulness to good government than he has now. | have | {
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On net balance, in spite of Controller Gerosa 's opposition to the new Charter as an invasion of his office, the Controller will have the opportunity for greater usefulness to good government than he has now. | has | {
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Borough Presidents, while retaining membership in the Board of Estimate, lose their housekeeping functions. | lose | {
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Highways go to a new Department of Highways, sewers to the Department of Public Works, such street cleaning as Borough Presidents now do ( in Queens and Richmond ) to the Sanitation Department. | go | {
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Highways go to a new Department of Highways, sewers to the Department of Public Works, such street cleaning as Borough Presidents now do ( in Queens and Richmond ) to the Sanitation Department. | do | {
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Some fiscal changes are important. | are | {
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The expense ( operating ) budget is to be a program budget, and red tape is cut to allow greater autonomy ( with the Mayor approving ) in fund transfers within a department. | be | {
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The expense ( operating ) budget is to be a program budget, and red tape is cut to allow greater autonomy ( with the Mayor approving ) in fund transfers within a department. | cut | {
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The expense ( operating ) budget is to be a program budget, and red tape is cut to allow greater autonomy ( with the Mayor approving ) in fund transfers within a department. | allow | {
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The expense ( operating ) budget is to be a program budget, and red tape is cut to allow greater autonomy ( with the Mayor approving ) in fund transfers within a department. | approving | {
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The capital budget, for construction of permanent improvements, becomes an appropriating document instead of just a calendar of pious promises ; but, as a second-look safeguard, each new project must undergo a Board of Estimate public hearing before construction proceeds. | becomes | {
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The capital budget, for construction of permanent improvements, becomes an appropriating document instead of just a calendar of pious promises ; but, as a second-look safeguard, each new project must undergo a Board of Estimate public hearing before construction proceeds. | proceeds | {
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A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected. | removed | {
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A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected. | making | {
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A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected. | paid | {
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A road block to desirable local or borough improvements, heretofore dependent on the pocketbook vote of taxpayers and hence a drag on progress, is removed by making these a charge against the whole city instead of an assessment paid by those immediately affected. | affected | {
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This will have a beneficial effect by expediting public business ; it will also correct some injustices. | have | {
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Enlargement of the City Council and a new method of selecting members will be discussed tomorrow. | selecting | {
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Enlargement of the City Council and a new method of selecting members will be discussed tomorrow. | discussed | {
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The Inter-american Press Association, which blankets the Western Hemisphere from northern Canada to Cape Horn, is meeting in New York City this week for the first time in eleven years. | blankets | {
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The Inter-american Press Association, which blankets the Western Hemisphere from northern Canada to Cape Horn, is meeting in New York City this week for the first time in eleven years. | meeting | {
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The I. A. P. A. is a reflection of the problems and hopes of the hemisphere ; and in these days this inevitably means a concentration on the effects of the Cuban revolution. | is | {
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The I. A. P. A. is a reflection of the problems and hopes of the hemisphere ; and in these days this inevitably means a concentration on the effects of the Cuban revolution. | means | {
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As the press in Cuba was gradually throttled by the Castro regime, more and more Cuban publishers, editors and correspondents were forced into exile. | throttled | {
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"to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :"
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