Word: canale
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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According to the story, Reagan said Roosevelt was shocked that the U.S. had not sent troops to Mexico, Iran and Afghanistan and told the man, "Do you realize that if we had behaved that way at the turn of the century, we wouldn't own the Panama Canal today...
...contrast to his opposition to SALT II, Baker stunned the congressional Republicans last year by supporting ratification of the Panama Canal treaty, which gave the Panamanian government control of the waterway. Despite rumors he had unforgivably deserted the party line to save a Democratic president, Baker easily won re-election to a third term in the Senate...
...mentioned the possibility that the Soviet troops are in Cuba to forestall a Cuban uprising while Castro sends his own troops to do the Soviets' work around the globe, including probably the Panama Canal and the rest of Central and South America. Does anyone seriously believe they are there to attack Key West...
...being very discreet and trying hard not to embarrass Carter." He made the statement the night before he left New York, at an informal dinner for heads of U.S. news organizations, including Time Inc. Castro claimed that he once talked Panama's Omar Torrijos out of seizing the Canal when negotiations with the U.S. were stalled; that he is eager to begin pulling his troops out of Africa as soon as the situation in Namibia and Zimbabwe-Rhodesia is settled; and that Zbigniew Brzezinski is personally to blame for "the mess-up" in U.S.-Cuban relations by giving President...
They were the world's first masters of science. Long before the Europeans, they knew how to use the compass, make paper and gunpowder, print with movable type, build canal locks and segmented arch bridges. Now, after centuries of languishing behind the West, the Chinese are once again aspiring to leadership in science and technology. By the year 2000, China hopes to catch up with the U.S., Europe and Japan and in some areas even to exceed them...