Word: gulf
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...resolution, Fulbright claimed, would give the President the same sweeping powers as the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin resolution, which authorized Johnson to use more force in Viet...
Many Senate doves, spearheaded by Fulbright, have never gotten over the Gulf of Tonkin resolution passed in August, 1964. The President, to the chagrin of many of the resolution's proponents, has used the overwhelming Congressional support he received on that occasion as a rationale for many of his moves in Vietnam unrelated to the Tonkin incident...
...other men were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with withholding information about a rich ore strike by the Texas Gulf Sulfur Company until they or their business associates bought stock in the company...
...director of Texas Gulf Sulfur, Lamont, who was the only one of the 13 who did not profit personally, was accused of giving information about the discovery to Morgan Guaranty Trust, which bought 8000 shares for its clients. He was acquitted of the charges this summer...
...than the Afars, a rival tribe that wants to stay tied to France. Neighboring Ethiopia, which contains large numbers of Afars, backs the tribe's cause in French Somaliland. More than tribal loyalty is involved: Ethiopia has a sound economic motive in not wanting its outlet to the Gulf of Aden, a 486-mile narrow-gauge railway from Addis Ababa to Djibouti, to be controlled by the hostile government of Somalia...