Word: eca
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese students here now, 23 are receiving aid from the U. S. government. This money comes from two ECA grants made by Congress last year, the first for $500,000, the second for $4,000,000. The first checks from these funds were received by applicants in December...
...order to be the recipient of ECA money, an applicant 1) must be a Chinese citizen; 2) must have engaged in a course of study during the academic year 1948-19; 3) must be enrolled or doing work on a full-time basis to meet academic requirements during the period for which aid is requested; 4) must be in need of financial assistance; and 5) must be and remain in good academic standing...
...buyers may export the foodstuffs to any country they like, provided no ECA funds are used in payment. Because of high shipping costs, CCC was not at all sure that much would be exported even at the low prices...
...houses went up amid the rubble. Of Greece's 700,000 refugees, 500,000 have returned to their old homes, with a $35 government bonus in their pockets, free bread rations, and (if they were lucky) a "Baby Truman"-as the peasants call the large, frisky mules which ECA has brought from...
...country's administration is flabby and corrupt; despite ECAid, its economy is semi-paralyzed by public distrust. Recently, when a Greek businessman sought ECA backing for a gold-mining project in Macedonia, an ECA official snapped: "The best place to dig for gold in Greece is in people's mattresses." The imprint of war still remains heavy on the land-and even on the language. A Greek washerwoman, bent over her heaped sink, will say: "Polemo tin bougada" (I am making war on the laundry). A truck driver sprawling underneath his truck will say: "Polemo tin mechani...