Word: expander
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hopes that the U.S. and French President Charles de Gaulle may find wider areas of agreement, but he is resigned to the possibility that this may not happen. He feels that the U.S. is pursuing the best course in South Viet Nam, wants the U.S. neither to expand that war nor to withdraw. Only last week Johnson prudently agreed to renegotiate the Panama Canal treaty as Panama has been demanding-and just as prudently announced the intention of the U.S. to build a second canal (see THE HEMISPHERE...
...presence, which would inevitably antagonize the other Africans. Instead, Tshombe flew into Rome for a 20-minute audience with Pope Paul VI, was greeted by turbulent Red-led riots and rotten eggs. He had better luck in conversations with Italian officials and businessmen, who seemed ready to expand trade with the Congo. "The Congo will soon know peace," he predicted with his unquenchably optimistic grin. "But a durable peace cannot be achieved with arms alone. It needs a divine force. That is why I came to see the Pope and ask him to pray for our country...
Nguyen is in the United States to raise funds for the project. "The NVS has seen two summers of operation with 125 voluntary workers," he said, "but if we have more financial support, we can expand to 5000 workers in three years...
...highly profitable sheet and strip is consumed within 250 miles of Chicago, but only a fourth of U.S. steel is produced in the area. Aware of the opportunities this situation offers in the world's fastest growing steel market, major steel companies are spending nearly $1 billion to expand or build new facilities in the Indiana industrial complex near Chicago...
...believes that the Portuguese were peculiarly well equipped to bring modern civilization to these areas because of Portugal's partly African tradition and its almost tropical climate. "The Portuguese neglected the cold lands they discovered because of their inclination to find in tropical environments a Messlanic invitation to expand and complement their civilization...