Word: campaigns
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Though the Christian Democrats and Socialists have been partners for the past 33 months in the black and red Grand Coalition, the campaign accented their deep differences. In fact, during the campaign's final week, a dispute between the two major parties threatened to unsettle not only German financial affairs but the world monetary system as well. Betting on an upset victory by the Socialists and the prospect of a resulting upward revaluation of the mark -which the Socialists favor-speculators flooded West Germany with nearly $600 million in foreign currency in three days. Kiesinger sought to stem...
...harness. To this day, the nation remains in disarray. Last month, with the aid of the army, the regime launched a "big cleanup." Since then, there have been reports of mass arrests, public trials and even executions of "factionalists, reactionaries, anarchists, saboteurs and opportunists." It is unclear whether the campaign is intended simply to put China's house in order for the Oct. 1 anniversary or whether it is part of the army's larger, long-range drive to restore peace and order...
...Mecca and Medina. The summit's aim was to discuss the problem of Al Aqsa and protest Israel's occupation of the Arab sector of Jerusalem. In addition, militant Arabs hoped that they could persuade non-Arab Moslems from Indonesia, Iran and Senegal to join in their campaign against Israel...
...campaign kitty. Finally, the self-effacing general feared that if he did not stage a preventive coup, a cabal of young officers would beat...
...investment capital and established profit sharing for industrial workers; he spurred agrarian reform by deeding 30 million acres to the peasants, and under his aegis tourism became a $500 million-a-year business. As an internationalist, López Mateos courted heads of state and led Mexico in the campaign for a nuclear-free Latin America; in 1963, he negotiated the return to Mexico of the 437 acres of El Chamizal strip near El Paso, Texas, ending a century-old border dispute with...