 152  33. The pattern has been that African territories have been compelled by imperialist rule and by imperialist economic power to serve as raw materials appendages for western industry and western food consumption. 34. The western powers have been able to build up this relationship not only because their political domination enabled them, both by legislation and by means of force and pressure, to enforce such a pattern, but also because their ownership of large tracts of the best land, their seizure of key mineral resources, their possession of all the commanding heights of the economy gave them an absolute monopoly over economic policy. 35. One of the most striking things about last week's elections was the way they broke up old patterns and cut across old boundaries. The coalition of the urban poor, the South and the intellectuals, that supported the Democratic Party for so long has begun to fall apart. 36. If any new pattern emerged to replace the old it was that younger men tended to defeat older men and new faces to defeat familiar ones. 37. Free access to the U. K. market, duty-free entry of Indian products, and preferential treatment have combined to make it possible for India to diversify the pattern of her trade, and to provide herself with expanding means of payment to sustain increasing purchases from the U. K. 38. Political fact Number One to most candidates is that it takes money to run for office — great gobs of it. To get this money, the legislator must go to people who have some extra cash. 39. For the past 10 days, the Tory leaders have forgotten that their chief duty lies not towards their party or their personal ambitions, but to the offices they hold and the public they claim to serve. 40. There is no doubt that the President's personal style has lost much of its attraction. The great appeal of the Senator, though he was not himself running for office, was only one piece of evidence. 41. If all six countries enjoy complete free trade in this decade it will be a triumph for the President of Guatemala, who has been forcing the pace since he took office some years ago. 152 |
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