Word: jordan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...voting, which was conducted on a dormitory basis, only Bertram, Comstock, Edmands, Henry, Jordan J and W. and the commuters and Administration (polled together) opposed the change. Some students who opposed the referendum indicated on their ballots that they favored extending sophomore hours from 1 a.m. to 2 or 3 a.m. instead...
...vote break-down was: dormitories for-Barnard (51-12), Briggs (52-38), Cabot (46-41), Coggeshall (12-3), Eliot (23-19), Everett (17-1), Gilman (15-7), Holmes (29-37), Jordan K (15-5), Moors (67-20), Saville (11-1), Slater (4-1), Warner (11-7), Whitman (56-13), and Wolbach...
...dormitories opposing the referendum were: Bertram (19-24), Comstock (42-47), Edmands (0-10), Henry (3-6), Jordan J (4-15), Jordan W (9-11), and the Administration and commuters together...
Though the sessions were secret, the emerging Arab strategy was not. The summit meeting placed on Jordan, Syria and reluctant Lebanon the burden of controlling the headwaters and tributaries of the Jordan River that rise in their territory. By constructing dams and canals, the Arab states can divert the 'flow of the Yarmuk, Banias, Hasbani and Dan rivers, and thereby reduce the water level of the Jordan far below Israel's requirements...
Should this happen, it is considered almost certain that Israel will go to war and either occupy the Jordan watershed in Syria and Lebanon, or the west bank of the river. In reply, Nasser would immediately commit Egypt's armed forces in support of the Arab countries under attack. Under no illusions about Arab military inferiority, Nasser does not hope to overwhelm Israel but, instead, to call upon the U.S., the Soviet Union and the United Nations for help...