Word: halt
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...practical regionalism involves considerable political sacrifices to development criteria on the part of both Congress and recipient countries. Congress might have to help a somewhat unfriendly country if it were located in the middle of an optimum region for economic growth. And once regions were established, legislators could not halt aid to a specific country without hurting growth in several other small states. On the other hand, small states might have to overcome traditional tribal or religious conflicts in order to benefit from regional...
...visit. Fulbright, however, seemed fully occupied in Washington with the latest round in the hearings on Viet Nam before his Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The sessions followed a familiar pattern. Retired General James Gavin, who last year urged the U.S. to retreat into coastal enclaves, now urged an unconditional halt to the bombing. Historian Henry Steele Commager accused the U.S. of "a double standard" in demanding an end to North Viet Nam's infiltration while it maintains its own "infiltration" of men and arms into the South...
South Viet Nam agreed in January to halt its harassment pending negotiations with U.S. officials. Initially, the talks started, then stalled, resumed two weeks ago, but got nowhere. Confessed...
...days ago, faced with a possible halt in production of the copper and cobalt that account for 50% of his country's revenues, Mobutu swallowed his slogans, signed an agreement for continued operation of the mines with Sociètè Gènèrale des Minèrals (called S.G.M.), a Union Minière affiliate. "This is not a betrayal," he avowed on TV last week. Nevertheless, Congolese students drummed up discontent, and one leading businessman wired Mobutu: "We have undressed Peter to dress Paul...
When the news reached the public through a Ramparts advertisement in the New York Times, the clandestine relationship did not exactly come to an immediate halt. Groves continued to meet with Bob Kiley, a past NSA president and now a CIA agent. The Agency was not happy about the publicity, and wanted to take part in the drafting of any statements to the press. Groves claimed afterwards to the NSB that he cooperated because he felt he could convince the State Department to publicly acknowledge the ties, which it did the next day. The State Department had never before admitted...