Word: build
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Instead of taking any precipitate action that might cause civil war, the triumvirate has tried gradually to discredit Sukarno and erode his popularity. It would like to avoid a trial, hoping that Sukarno will eventually leave under pressure. Suharto intends to see to it that the pressure continues to build. He himself supervised the preparation of a scalding 120-page document, not yet made public, that reportedly establishes Sukarno's connection with the Communist coup, charges him with corruption and moral turpitude, and accuses him of destroying the Indonesian economy...
...Kosygin's visit to Britain, marked by Wilson's lavish praise and the British public's acclaim for the Soviet leader, provided just about the worst possible prelude for the British visit to Bonn. It raised West German fears that Britain seeks to build a special relationship with the Soviet Union that might well, considering Russia's implacable hostility toward Bonn, be accomplished at West Germany's expense. Wilson might have postponed either visit, but he chose to put them end to end. The Germans did not appreciate the timing...
...Catholic clergy. Under the new bill, the old strictures would fall away. Though Roman Catholicism would remain the state religion, Spain's 30,000 Protestants, 6,000 Jews, and 1,000 Moslems would enjoy the full rights of Spanish citizenship, be allowed to hold public worship services, build churches and temples and identify them publicly for the first time since Franco came to power...
Most of the Asians' ancestors came to Africa as indentured laborers to build railroads for the British. Even though most of them were born and raised in Africa, many have not sought citizenship in their adopted countries-a fact that confirms black suspicions that they contribute only to their own welfare. When little Malawi became independent in 1964, almost every one of the 11,000 Asians sought the protection of a British passport. With unemployment high in most areas, several of the East African countries have taken steps, both official and unofficial, to ease the Asians out of their...
...Nazionale Idrocarburi), elbowed its way into the international petroleum business by adventurous gambles. Buying huge shipments of Soviet oil, it also offered cut-rate competition to Western oil majors for drilling and refining rights in Africa, Asia. Just over a year ago, ENI created a subsidiary, Snam Progetti,* to build refineries, pipelines and petrochemical plants-even for rivals. Quickly catching on, Progetti is now busy with $360 million of construction projects on four continents. Last week the yearling firm opened a U.S. branch in Manhattan, partly at the urging of such American oil firms as Esso, Phillips and Amoco...