Word: extends
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...acknowledged the "differences in their social systems," they found agreement on four broad areas. They would "progress toward the normalization of relations." They would try to rescue the world from the danger of international war. Neither would seek hegemony in Asia or permit any other country to try to extend its power in the area. They agreed not to "negotiate on behalf of any third party" or to assist each other in any operation directed against another nation...
...encouraging the third-levels to take over some of the regional lines' more unprofitable routes and to extend scheduled service into virgin territory. As a small start, CAB Chairman Secor Browne plans to ask Congress next month to authorize a $2,000,000-a-year experimental subsidy program for the scheduled third-levels. In return for subsidies, the lines would serve a number of "remote areas" to be designated by the CAB. If the program works, it will probably be expanded to other communities that lack air service...
...recent past, the French, Bao Dai, Diem, each in different ways, attempted to perpetuate centralized authority, and in every case they weakened it. To strengthen political authority, it is instead necessary to decentralize it, to extend the scope of the political system and to incorporate more effectively into it the large number of groups which have become politically organized and politically conscious in recent years. Such a system might be labeled federal, confederal, pluralistic, decentralized--but, whatever the label, it would reflect the varied sources of political power. In the recognition of and acceptance of that diversity lies the hope...
...grounds of the hospital extend for several acres, and include perhaps 30 buildings, most of them single-story brick structures. The compound is a complete facility, with everything from surgery wards and operating rooms to a pharmacy and even a medical school...
...political control--or lack of control--in the contested areas in the immediate future. If a cease-fire led to reductions in either the Government's military-administrative presence or U.S. forces in these areas, the way would be opened for the Viet Cong to move in and extend its control through political means. The only practical alternative, available in some instances, would be for the authority vacuum to be filled by some other social-political group with roots in the locality...