Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...only country that the North Vietnamese have invaded in force. Neighboring Laos shares that unhappy distinction, despite the fact that, under the Geneva accords of 1962, no foreign forces are permitted in the neutralist Elephant Kingdom of 3,000,000 people. From the very beginning, Hanoi broke that agreement by routing the main part of the Ho Chi Minh Trail through Laos. Now the North is stepping up its attacks on the Royal Lao government itself, hitting with force up and down the length of the narrow nation...
...same central bankers, only six days before their Washington conference, had held a similar session in Basel. There the Fed's Martin reasserted the U.S. intention of maintaining a $35-an-ounce price on gold, persuaded his peers to keep the pool going. In spite of their agreement to do so, rumors spread-and were vigorously denied-that both Belgium and Italy were dropping out of the pool; the rumors only fanned the flames of speculation. Martin emerged from the Basel meeting to describe himself as "satisfied" with its decisions. Bank of England Governor Sir Leslie O'Brien...
...currency system, like any currency system, is grounded in confidence and mutual acceptability; the currency used must be freely convertible into real goods and services, "legal tender for all debts, public and private." The dollar and the pound sterling have served this function between nations since the Bretton Woods Agreement of 1944, which established the International Monetary Fund and the present system of semi-flexible exchange rates...
...solution for ending the conflict is "a tolerable political arrangement that would permit honorable disengagement of U.S. troops as quickly as feasible." This suggestion is one of the most sophisticated positions any politician has taken openly, since it amounts to American withdrawal masked by a face-saving political agreement. Gore admits that his proposal would involve humiliation and even a sense of defeat for "our leaders and our people," but he points out that the only alternative is a "historic catastrophe...
...rule was amended in January at the annual NCAA Convention, and with the Ivy League's agreement to abide by it the ban on Ivy athletes from NCAA championships was lifted...