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7. The British position is clear. After months of non-diplomacy, there is a marked eagerness to reach agreement on non-proliferation. The belief is that a treaty could be as effective as the partial nuclear test ban, that it would be another step back from the east-west confrontation in Europe. 8. From the very beginning the issue of jobs was central in the nation-wide confrontation of the Negro Freedom Movement as was seen in the Great Washington March in 1963. 9. Referring to British objections that a total ban on oil would involve confrontation with South Africa, Mr R. said 'that South Africa was a member of the U. K. and had to abide by its rales. 10. There was a dramatic confrontation between one of the dismissed lecturers and the Director. 11. Under the imminent threat of what came to be known, according to the jargon of the day, as a "confrontation" between the two super-powers, the other delegations thrashed about frantically searching for a compromise formula. 12. To all intents and purposes there was no confrontation. There was, he said, "full agreement among the contestants." 13. It is in this light that this week's intense argument about the right and wrong way to cut tariffs begins to make sense and that it becomes apparent that what has been taking place in Geneva has been yet another confrontation between America and Europe. 14. The Advisory Committee on Juvenile Delinquency — set up by the former Home Secretary and widely regarded as a gimmick — has been disbanded, the Commons was told yesterday. Its work will be taken over by specialist bodies. 15. Stamp trading — the latest "something for nothing" gimmick aimed at shoppers — is coming under heavy fire this weekend from Cooperative and retail trade chiefs. 16. He said the Government should table Labor’s proposals for disengagement, disarmament, a non-aggression treaty between the Warsaw alliance and the NATO countries. 169
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