Word: coppered
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With the hot gales of Congo nationalism blowing next door, the rulers of the sprawling, white-dominated Rhodesias were casting nervous glances at their own restive African populations. In copper-rich Northern Rhodesia, where apartheid-loving South African miners have settled by the thousands, the government has sought to ward off the independence virus among the blacks by marshaling troops along the Congo border, churning out emergency decrees and clapping African leaders into detention...
...half is international trade. The National Foreign Trade Council forecast that U.S. exports (excluding military aid shipments) will exceed imports by $3.4 billion by the end of the year. During 1959 the surplus was just under $1 billion. Aided in particular by foreign sales of commercial aircraft, and of copper and iron and steel products, exports in 1960 are expected to total $18.8 billion, against imports of $15.4 billion. This export surplus will help the U.S.'s balance of payments, and the U.S. trade deficit is expected to drop from $3.8 billion to $2.5 billion...
...called chlorophyll in toothpaste, chewing gum, etc., alleged to deodorize the breath, is a chemically altered natural extract, usually copper chlorophyllin...
...mineral treasure house of the southeast Congo, where the Bemba and the Tshokwe tribesmen flow over into parts of Northern Rhodesia and Angola, irredentist sentiment runs high among some black leaders. Moise Tshombe, boss of copper-rich Katanga province, talks of negotiating with the Northern Rhodesians and his Conakat Party has begun organizing branches in Northern Rhodesia itself...
INVESTMENTS IN CHILE of $250 million over next four years are being planned by Anaconda and Kennecott copper companies. Since copper production helps finance government's expenses, the money will aid in restoring Chile's earthquake-damaged economy...