Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arabs and Israelis still say, for the record, that they will refuse to abide by any Big Four peace plan. But Big Four diplomats hope that both sides will finally take a more reasonable attitude. The Big Four can apply a great deal of leverage to both sides. Theoretically, at least, the Soviets could cut off military and economic aid on which the Arabs are dependent. The U.S. could do much the same to Israel...
...list of offenses punishable by jail sentences to include even talking or writing in terms that have a hidden meaning-an attempt to halt the double-entendres that Brazilian politicians, journalists and the people at large delight in using to ridicule military men. The atmosphere of intimidation is so great that only the Catholic Church dares to speak out in public. In a recent protest, the bishops denounced the "violation of fundamental rights" and called for a return to democratic rule...
...bring full justice and equality to black people is the historic assignment of this generation. The problems will be resolved not by violence or hatred or bitterness or police suppression, but only by patient, determined efforts on the part of the great, politically moderate majority of whites and blacks...
...eleven Communists earned him a four-month jail sentence for contempt of court. He continued to be active in civil libertarian causes, and was called an "enemy collaborator" by right-wing pamphleteers when he ran for his judgeship in 1966. All through his judicial career, though, he has enjoyed great popularity among Detroit's Negroes-and even among a few of the city's whites...
...crumple into bent, twisted auto graveyards. The lush Imperial and San Joaquin valleys are in undated by floods unlike anything since the days of the Ark. Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Diego all disappear beneath the rampaging Pacific. More than 15 million people die in California's Great Earthquake-one of the worst natural calamities in the history...