Word: linke
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years the Commonwealth has been linked by close economic ties between its member nations. What else holds the Commonwealth together? The vital bond, said Mackenzie King, one of Canada's most distinguished Prime Ministers, is its "community sense." What the nations share, reasoned New Zealand's late Prime Minister Peter Eraser, is "independence, with something added." To Winston Churchill, the Crown is "the mysterious link, the magic link" that binds its peoples...
...nation's two major international airlines were close to agreement on a merger last week, though neither side would publicly admit it. The deal would link money-losing Trans World Airlines with money-making Pan American World Airways, to form the world's largest line. It would have routes throughout the U.S. and to all continents, a combined fleet of 125 jetliners and sales exceeding $800 million. Next step would be to persuade the Civil Aeronautics Board and the White House that one big U.S. carrier is necessary to withstand the competition of heavily subsidized state-owned foreign...
...Kennedys he can lure West in his re-election fight against Richard Nixon. Aft er an overnight stay in Yosemite National Park, the President ignited explosives to break ground for a dam and reservoir in the $500 million San Luis water project in the San Joaquin Valley - a vital link in Brown's plan to meet the multiplying water needs of Southern California...
...cause a tingling neuritis in some patients. From World War II work on antimalarial drugs, she suspected that this minor effect on adults might signal a more serious effect on the unborn. But not until nearly ten months later, in the last days of November 1961, did German reports link thalidomide with the European epidemic of seal-like, limbless babies...
...brought in a fourth of the new nation's income. Be cause of rubber, Malayans enjoyed a high (for Asia) per capita income of $113, v. $40 for neighboring Indonesians. And because of this strong economy, Malaya may well be able to expand. Last week Britain agreed to link the four remaining parcels of the British Empire in Southeast Asia−Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei, North Borneo−with Malaya to create the far-flung Federation of Malaysia by next summer. The federation stands a good chance of success because of Malaya's success with rubber...