Word: halt
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...group of 75 local lawyers, businessmen, scientists and educators have issued a report calling for a halt in the spread of nuclear weapons...
...winter of 1960-61, industrial, development was sharply curtailed, agriculture was in bad shape, and massive imports of foreign grain were begun (imports still continue). Moreover, a number of leaders throughout the country were purged or demoted--although none of them were nearly so important as Kao Kang. To halt the deterioration of the system and to ensure the cohesiveness of leadership, a number of steps were taken...
...Trust. New York's Senator Robert F. Kennedy, on the other hand, thought he discerned any number of alternatives. In a 6,000-word Senate speech preceded by two weeks of publicity, Bobby urged the Administration to declare a bombing halt on the chance that Hanoi would then consent to peace talks. To prevent the Communists from using the cessation to resupply their troops in the South, he urged the U.S. to declare that "discussions cannot continue for a prolonged period without an agreement that neither side will substantially increase the size of the war." Further, any settlement should...
...minute address, Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield leaped to his feet. Apprehensive over how Hanoi would interpret the speech, he assured that it did not represent "a break between the Administration and the Senator from New York." He was almost alone in that opinion. For one thing, Kennedy urged a halt in the bombing on the strength of a tentative promise from Hanoi to negotiate; Johnson insists on some solid reciprocal move from the North-not a mere promise. For another, Kennedy, recalling Prime Minister Wilson's claim that "one single act of trust" during last month...
...that he tried to build up and broaden the company too fast. Bled by such acquisitions as the unprofitable New York Shipbuilding Corp., the firm's profits and dividends have been dropping; in 1966, there was a loss of $740,000 and no dividend at all. To halt the drain, Wolfson sold off a paint company, a small steel mill, the company's derrick division and a small shipyard, but the future seems so stormy that liquidation may be the only solution. Along with its losses on operations last year, Merritt-Chapman also added...