Word: approaches
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Sweltering Paris was deserted except for the Boy Scouts, who were holding their first Jamboree (see EDUCATION) since the war, and the economists, who were trying to implement the "Marshall approach." The Scouts got on fine; their favorite pastime was the barter of their various treasures-scouting insignia, penknives, hats, fountain pens, a flute, a flock of horned toads (brought by delegates from Texas). Essentially, the economists from 16 European nations were engaged in the same activity...
...Black Valley. Only the black and blasted valley of the Ruhr could produce the coal and steel to make .the Marshall approach work. Other conferences were discussing the Ruhr. If these failed, the 16-nation conference in the Grand Palais could not succeed, and they, in turn, could amount to little unless the Marshall approach actually resulted in a workable program...
...made it plain last week that countries refusing to participate in the Paris conference on the Marshall approach will get no economic assistance from the U.S. Signs of a stiffer attitude toward Russia's satellites included...
...democratic approach to problems of peace is one which refuses to think in terms of these old absolute Images," he said. "It recognizes that the solutions are always going to have ragged edges and will not always be entirely satisfactory to all people...
Foreign traders hoped that U.S. loans under the "Marshall approach" would bolster exports. But the nations which have been buying the bulk of U.S. exports-Latin America and Canada-are outside the scope of the plan. They would be helped only indirectly through trade with those who might get loans. But any loans were too far in the future to be of any immediate help. This week, the British Government, convinced that no U.S. relief was in sight this year, is considering cutting its imports by another...