Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...grave in order to "fend off inundation" by a dam [Feb. 26], I certainly wish them better luck than the Seneca Indians had when the Government decided to build Kinzua Dam in the Allegheny Mountains on the New York-Pennsylvania border. One of the great leaders of the Iroquois nation was buried there along with many Senecas, and the tribe was told to move them or they would be flooded. No wonder they call Kinzua "Lake Perfidy...
...setter up and plucker down of kings," a role that the Granite State has, with variations, assumed to itself. Since 1952, in fact, setting up and plucking down Presidents has been a cottage industry in New Hampshire, along with summer camps and maple syrup. By holding the nation's earliest primary, New Hampshire sought and got an outrageous amount of press attention, partly because there is not much other news in February, partly because presidential politicking is a peculiarly American disease...
...wells that will be turned over to the Egyptians when Cairo regains sovereignty over the Sinai. Sadat refused this, saying that it was not part of the original Camp David agreement. He argued that by giving Israel a long-term petroleum agreement, he would be granting it "favored nation" treatment. This would offend other Arab states, something he could scarcely afford...
Monday afternoon, Carter went to address the Knesset, and he did not mask his frustration. Going over the heads of the Israeli Premier and Cabinet, the President appealed directly to their nation. Said he: "The people of [Israel and Egypt] are now ready for peace. The leaders have not yet proven that we are also ready for peace?enough to take a chance." The Knesset listened to Carter in silence and politely applauded only once, when he had finished. This was in marked contrast to the enthusiastic response Carter had received two days earlier from the Egyptian parliament, which interrupted...
...marching home, and they were hailed as conquering heroes. In Viet Nam, the Hanoi Government proposed peace talks to begin this Friday in the war-ravaged town of Lang Son, and it seemed likely China would agree to negotiate. Earlier in the week, however, Hanoi radio announced that the nation was going on a "war footing," and gave the order for all able-bodied men and women to take part in daily two-hour military drills...