Word: bank
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Thus, when the news broke-or crumbled bit by bit-that the Defense Secretary would soon leave his post for the relative backwater of the World Bank's presidency, the shock waves were felt around the world.† Given the morose mood of the moment, it was also understandable that many should reach the instant conclusion that Lyndon Johnson had dismissed McNamara out of hand, presumably to appease the generals whom the Secretary had held in check, and as a prelude to a wider war in Asia. Columnist Mary McGrory mourned "the last human barrier within the Government against...
...neither side was there a disposition to rush matters. It was last April 18 that George Woods, the World Bank president, whose term expires Dec. 31, sounded McNamara out about taking over the job. McNamara went to Johnson with the idea, said he was interested but added that he would stay at the Pentagon as long as Johnson wanted him there. "You can have anything you want," Johnson responded...
...Koohba, the self-acclaimed messiah of the pre-Christian ews. They had sent Cross a picture of it when they asked him to come, and he knew it was authentic. They had promised him scrolls--supposedly 20 of them--found in Jordan and the Qumran caves on the west bank of the Dead Sea. He was hoping that one of the 20 would be the Temple Scroll, a Dead Sea scroll from the first century B.C. that was reputedly 28 feet long with the center section sompletely intact...
This is a power tactic which might be used more and more, according to Benjamin A. Barnes '68, president of PBH. He said, "The number of hours in the field are good-will in the bank, and legitimate a student's activist role in a community ushing for change...
Promoted by the World Bank and agreed to by India and Pakistan in 1960, the project defines the water rights of the two countries, and will control the seasonal fluctuations of the 1,900-mile Indus and its five tributaries through a system of canals, dikes and dams. The U.S., Britain, Canada, Australia, West Germany and New Zealand have committed themselves to supply nearly $1 billion toward the cost...