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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Then, after a week of abuse against the Western nations as "imperialist masters" of Israel-and particularly against the U.S., which Nasser called "the main enemy" for its support of Israel-it called once more on the U.S. and Brit ain to "use their influence on Israel to make it stop its provocations...
...their share of power from the West, and Iraq has been getting guns from both sides. Yet Israel has been keeping pace with the Arabs in expanding its armed might, still believes that its army of 300,000 regulars and reservists can stand off all Arab forces combined. A main Arab weakness is the lack of well-trained officers, whom the Israelis have in abundance. The Israelis consider seven Arab soldiers to one of theirs to be just about even odds...
...world's eyes centered on the Gulf of Aqaba, where the danger of an episode that could cause open warfare was greatest. Ever since Nasser closed the Suez Canal to Israeli shipping in 1956, the port of Elath has been Israel's main outlet for its growing export trade with Asia and East Africa. More important, it has become the port of entry for nearly 90% of the country's oil supplies. The Strait of Tiran, where coral reefs and the hulk of an ancient sunken ship make passage difficult under the best conditions, is easy...
...Parade" at L'Tnnovation, Brussels' second biggest department store, and more than $1,000,000 in American-made goods were on sale at its six-story downtown store and four outlying branches. Bruxellois by the thousands jammed the main store situated on Rue Neuve to examine and buy American household gadgets, costume jewelry, sporting goods and nearly every kind of apparel, including paper dresses. Few paid much attention to picketing by pro-Peking youths or to the anti-U.S. tracts they passed out. To make the occasion thoroughly American, L'Tnnovation officials had splashed red, white...
...there is a notable exception: Atlanta's new, $18 million, 800-room Regency Hyatt House, the city's first high-rise hotel in 40 years and the biggest in the South outside Miami. "Our main goal," says the hotel designer, Atlanta Architect John C. Portman, "was to get a feeling of complete openness-the complete antithesis of the typical hotel today...