Word: linked
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...large, and U.S.-financed works find vigorous support even from otherwise conservative Republicans. Item: for 35 years, following the same trail over which the Lewis and Clark Expedition first entered the country in 1805, Idaho has tried to complete a new, direct highway across the precipitous Bitterroot Mountains to link Portland and the East. Without increased federal help, most citizens of the state now agree, it may never be accomplished...
...take all the dossiers out of the drawer," said Mendès. He began that afternoon with hope. He spoke of a Moselle canal to link Lorraine's economy with the Ruhr, of a Rhone canal to open the Mediterranean to Germany, of joint arms plants, of joint German-French companies to develop France's North African territories. The Saar, Mendès indicated, could be just a small item in a new, sweeping Franco-German era of partnership...
...while Harriman was never expected to cause a stir, Ives' performance has been the biggest disappointment of the campaign. His best effort so far has been to link his opponent with ancient scandals involving some of Harriman's financial interests. Ives, a sophomore Senator who specializes in labor relations (he was Dean of the Labor School at Cornell) won his nomination because of his large pluralities in the Senatorial elections of 1946 and 1952. It was forgotten that both were years of a strong Republican trend...
...Should the origin of the phenomenon turn out to be an extraterrestrial one," said Dr. Jung, "it would prove an intelligent interplanetary link. The impact of such a fact on humanity is unforeseeable. But, without doubt, we would be placed in the very questionable position of today's primitive societies that clash with the superior cultures of the white race. All initiative would be wrested from us. As an old witch doctor once said to me, with tears in his eyes: We would 'have no more dreams...
...ties together regions that are physical neighbors but commercial strangers; in La Paz it used to be cheaper to buy imported sugar than Santa Cruz sugar. Now the road also gives access to other food crops, cattle, mahogany and prospectively rich oil land. In addition, it provides the final link in a rail-and-highway route from Rio de Janeiro to the Pacific Coast. Construction of the road, hampered by red tape and revolutions, took ten years, cost $45 million ($34 million of it in U.S. loans). One of Holland's pleasant duties last week was to watch while...