Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Most Western diplomats hold that if Kassem ever does give way on the arming of the People's Resistance Force, the point of no return will have been passed in Iraq. Some pessimistic observers argue that Kassem is already so much a prisoner of the Reds that it is...
Meantime, at Franco's insistence, agriculture has been neglected for industry. Last year's harvest of grain and oranges was only 11% above prewar output, while Spain's population is now 20% bigger than before the war. The cost of living has jumped 40% in the past...
Muñoz objects to statehood (even if Congress were to agree to it) because it would undercut his successful Operation Bootstrap industrialization plan, which uses tax exemption to lure new industry. Under statehood, industry and individuals would have to pay U.S. income tax. Muñoz further fears that...
What separated the men from the boys was the definition of moderation. "To many Frenchmen," said the committee, "to drink moderately means to absorb two, three or four liters of wine a day." The Academy of Medicine suggested that one liter (1.0567 U.S. liquid quarts) should be enough, but the...
The Straus report is bound to run into considerable opposition from the U.S. Treasury, which announced that it will fight any tax-easing rules that might further unbalance the budget. Yet Straus has strong support for his proposals both on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Louisiana Democrat Hale...