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Still another tough man to deal with is Belgian-backed Moise Tshombe, who emerged from the Madagascar conference as the Congo's strongest man. But he must open his purse strings in copper-rich Katanga province if federation is to get afloat. Said Tshombe with a smile: "The others have five-sixths of the Congo's land. I have five-sixths of the Congo's money. I am willing to negotiate." Basic Dispute. And while the Congolese settled among themselves, there was still their basic dispute with...
Congo President Kasavubu, who had fought Tshombe's separatist demands for copper-rich Katanga, now was willing to accept them. The assembled dignitaries carved the new boundaries of the Congo along tribal lines. The city of Leopoldville woutd be a "neutral" capital, somewhat like Washington. D.C. There, Kasavubu would sit as first President of the confederation...
...Colombia each boasted increases of more than 20% in new U.S. investment last year. New private U.S. investments rose to $70 million in Argentina, an estimated $22 million in Colombia. Chile's share of U.S. investment in the Western Hemisphere has been climbing since 1958, and U.S.-owned copper companies alone plan to invest an additional $250 million there in the next four years. In Brazil, which has more U.S.-owned factory capacity than any other foreign nation save Canada or the United Kingdom, U.S. auto firms now have $122 million in capital equipment...
...close to absolute zero, this core becomes superconductive, does not show a trace of electrical resistance even when placed in the strongest magnetic field that Bell Labs can generate, 88,000 gauss (the unit of magnetism). It can carry more than 1,000 times as much current as a copper wire of the same size at normal temperature. Bellmen believe that it can be coiled into a superpowerful electromagnet with a field of at least 100,000 gauss...
...motors and many other devices, are made of coils of wire with electric current flowing through them. The stronger the current, the stronger is the magnetic field that the coils generate. But this increase in magnetic power is practicable only up to a point: ordinary metal wires, such as copper, offer resistance to electricity, and so will carry only a limited amount of current before melting. The strength of electromagnets cannot be increased indefinitely by pushing more current through the coils...