Word: linchpin
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...linchpin truth proclaimed by the Christian Gospels-"the central fact of all history," as 17th century Bishop Jacques Bossuet put it-is that Christ was crucified in Jerusalem, that he died on the cross, was buried, and on the third day rose from the dead...
...using the peace-keeping force to suppress revolution, the U.S. would shirk the stigma of intervention, while continuing to dominate O.A.S. decisions. But in the process, it would also risk splitting the Alliance for Progress, the linchpin of American diplomacy in this hemisphere, as well as the Organization of American States. Merely by pressing for the creation of the force, the U.S. will create serious dissension. Four Latin American nations--Chile, Mexico, Columbia and Uruguay--have soundly denounced the proposal. Five others -- Peru, Venczucla, Argentina, Ecuador and Costa Rica are -- known to be opposed. "This idea of collective action...
...himself. One could not really say that the promises of allegiance that Tshombe was getting would remain firmly in his control. But even if he fails in his search for reconciliation, he still has his political base of Katanga to fall back upon. And mineral-rich Katanga is the linchpin on which the Congo's economy hangs...
...road was patched and made the linchpin of a hold area extending for more than a mile on either side. In Phumy itself, U.S. Army medics opened health stations, government teachers repossessed the schools, workers began slapping a new aluminum roof on the market. With a donated U.S.-made drill, the government began sinking fresh-water wells (traditionally, the peasants have trapped rain water in great earthenware crocks, or drawn water from filthy canals). Inhabitants flocked back to the village in droves, and within a week the streets swarmed with mobs of children, eagerly accepting Life Savers from U.S. advisers...
...Greeks and Turks were bitterly at odds over Cyprus. Turkey, whose 440,000-man army is the West's strongest bulwark in the area, was so badly in debt that last summer private oil companies cut off its supplies until the government pays in cash. Cyprus itself, linchpin of the NATO area defense, was seething with pent-up troubles which the Greek radio, speaking for a shaky government, urged on in the apparent hope that recriminations against Britain and the U.S. would alleviate discontent at home...