Word: crucially
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...This is a crucial phase of the war, one which a weak or ill-prepared power could lose. But it is not the decisive stage of a war between well-prepared major powers; it does not determine the final outcome of the war between them...
...Hashemite brother, Jordan, in the Arab Union, Iraq's King Feisal became the head of the union, but the Constitution provided that in his absence, authority would pass to his young cousin, King Hussein of Jordan. Should Hussein now call for outside help, this clause might prove crucial in establishing the legitimacy of foreign intervention...
Consequently, though overall Soviet aid is but a fraction of American aid, Russia creates favorable political over-tones by concentrating assistance in seven crucial nations, employing "show-piece" aid, and sending culturally and linguistically prepared technicians. Considering the outlook for the future, Burns affirmed that "the problem is difficult--it has no guides...
...government could be expected to be as pro-West as before, but its makeup showed Fanfani's determination to break with Italy's postwar middle-of-the-road pattern. To his only ally in the coalition government, Giuseppe Saragat's anti-Communist Socialists, Fanfani gave four crucial posts in social experiment-the Ministries of Finance, Labor, State Participation and Communications. For the first time since the war, a trade unionist was included in the Cabinet: Giulio Pastore, the head of the anti-Communist labor federation, CISL, became Minister for Economic Development of Southern Italy and Depressed Areas...
...rebels in Lebanon already had plenty of arms and plenty of men. They hold whole chunks of Lebanese territory, particularly around the borders. And if the end did not come soon (or evaporate, as Middle East crises sometimes do), the confused and intermittent struggle for Lebanon might become a crucial battle for the whole Middle East. Behind the Lebanese revolt, whether he started it or not, stood Nasser, his propaganda stirred up hatred* and his agents smuggled arms. Back of the Lebanese government, which was the first in the Arab world to adhere to the Eisenhower Doctrine, stood...