Word: granting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malta, four days before Yalta, British Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden told Stettinius that the U.S. need not grant such concessions to Russia. "In his view," report the State Department's minutes of the Malta Conference, "if the Russians decided to enter the war against Japan, they would take the decision because they considered it in their interests that the Japanese war should not be successfully finished by the U.S. and Great Britain alone. There was therefore no need for us to offer a high price for their participation...
...dollars, gobble up much of the dollar exchange Brazil earns from its coffee exports. But instead of welcoming foreign oil capital, Brazil has barred it with nationalistic laws. The government oil monopoly, Petrobras, can legally hire the services of foreign experts and drilling companies, but it cannot grant concessions or sell shares to foreigners. Because of this self-inflicted shortage of capital and know-how, the Brazilian search for oil has been painfully slow. Last week's strike, made with the help of a Texas drilling firm hired by Petrobras, eased the pain. By itself the well is only...
...announcement of the planned expansion followed receipt by the University of a grant from the National Science Foundation for the construction of the new telescope...
...program, announced earlier this term, provides for assistance to the 100 most qualified applicants, in sums ranging from $200 to 2,000 per year. In addition, all winners will carry with them a grant of $500 to $800 which will go directly to the schools they choose...
PRIEST RAPIDS power project, first test of Eisenhower's "partnership" policy, cleared its last big hurdle when the Washington state legislature approved long-term sale of its surplus power to private utilities. The dam will be built by the Grant County Public Utility Districts and financed by a bond issue. The $361 million, 1,000,000 kw. Columbia River project will be one of the largest in the U.S. Scheduled completion date: summer...