Word: channelized
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...Attempts to cajole the developed nations into committing 1% of their G.N.P.s to economic aid have not been entirely successful (only France, surprisingly, meets the goal; the U.S. figure is closer to one-half of 1%). But donor nations, among them the U.S., are more and more willing to channel aid funds through multinational organizations like the World Bank...
...paper mills pour 2,000,000 tons of raw waste into Tagonoura's waters. The catch of cherry-blossom prawns, a gourmet delicacy unique to the area, has been halved in recent years. Pulp sludge has settled on the floor of the port, reducing the depth of the channel from 30 ft. to 18 ft.-too shallow for even small freighters...
...Nixon Doctrine, first enunciated in July of 1969 on Guam, warned that friends of the U.S. must wage their own local fights with their own manpower. In most cases, the U.S. will back them only with arms and money. Nixon's plan to channel most foreign aid through international agencies rather than as funds dangling at the end of U.S. -held strings, is a similarly realistic relinquishing of power. The Nixon Administration has also proposed a more drastic curtailment of its worldwide defense establishment than is generally realized. In addition to the substantial withdrawals from Viet Nam, it has already...
...must expose and attack the conservative power centers of Southern legislators. He excepted the Senate and, presumably, Senator Fulbright. The objective of a Southern purge, though, might also be accomplished through Congressional reform of the seniority system. Congressional reform deserves a much higher priority of the two. It would channel increased liberal energies into the legislative branch as an instrument for social change...
Before the hearing finally adjourns, the station will be under attack as well for the quantity of its news coverage -2% of its air time in 1968, less than any other channel in New York State. Besides the FCC, other complainants allege that 1) WPIX has discriminated against blacks and other New York minorities in hiring, 2) it has made no effort to program for such groups, and 3) from 1963 to 1967 it demanded kick backs or "payola" from some singers...