Word: chiles
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...while Peru's Prado drew cheers, his navy brass was quietly concluding a deal to buy two cruisers from Britain for $4,000,000. President Jorge Alessandri of neighboring Chile, who earlier had assailed the "ruinous competition" in weapons, observed that "it is not a logical attitude to propose a conference and then to buy new arms." And despite Frondizi's stand, Argentine officers were in Washington purchasing 28 F-86F Sabre jets...
Norway and Holland were largely interested in solving import-export problems, and used the new system along with their national income accounts to see what effect a shift in the trade balance would have on industry. Several South American nations, including Argentina, Peru, Chile, and Equador are also using Leontief's device. Great Britain has employed it for several years...
...domination, but simple indifference-a lack of attention in high places. Last week the attention was coming from all over. President Dwight Eisenhower dropped word that he plans to make a good-will visit to Latin America next spring, before his trip to Russia (likely stops: Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile). And politicians of every stripe were paying Latin America the ultimate compliment of playing expert...
...prone Habaneros, accustomed to doing business in local branches of New York banks, promptly dubbed the institution "Che's National Bank." *Who a fortnight ago joined Che's and Raúl's wives as stars at a Communist-sponsored Women's Congress in Santiago, Chile...
John Gunther's High Road (ABC, 8-8:30 p.m.). How the people of Desphina, Greece, and Quintay, Chile, band together to avoid starvation...