Word: aids
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that West German elections will be held in September. As the Soviets see it, the West German leader of the 1970s will be either Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, a Socialist, or Finance Minister Franz Josef Strauss, a conservative. The Soviets reckon that a relaxed policy toward West Germany would aid Brandt's cause, while a continued hard-line stand would surely enhance the possibility that Strauss might some day elbow aside Kurt Kiesinger as Chancellor...
...will refuse to abide by any Big Four peace plan. But Big Four diplomats hope that both sides will finally take a more reasonable attitude. The Big Four can apply a great deal of leverage to both sides. Theoretically, at least, the Soviets could cut off military and economic aid on which the Arabs are dependent. The U.S. could do much the same to Israel...
Time is pressing. Unless there is a last-minute compromise, or a U.S. decision to delay, Washington this week will be forced to end all aid to Peru as well as sugar purchases at preferential prices. The political consequences of such action are cloudy, but the economic effects are clear. Peru would lose at least $50 million a year in U.S. trade and aid...
...which has been pumping oil out of Peruvian soil since 1924. Last October, only six days after they had overthrown President Fernando Belaúnde, Peru's new military masters seized IPC's property. Under the 1962 Hickenlooper Amendment, the U.S. is obliged to halt foreign aid and preferential-trade deals with any country that expropriates American property without making adequate compensation. Under Hickenlooper, the cutoff must take place six months after the seizure unless "meaningful" negotiations are in progress toward a settlement...
Following an early morning SDS-sponsored rally against ROTC in front of Marsh Chapel, the students marched to the Financial Aid and Admissions Office on Bay State Road. Although B.U. police were guarding other administration buildings, there were none posted at that office. Demonstrators kicked open the locked doors and went in. They told the people working in the office that they did not intend to to disturb them...