Word: neutralizing
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...rendezvous (piloting his de Havilland Dove himself) without his Prime Minister. Having successfully sacked Glubb Pasha, symbol of Britain's long Jordanian dominance, Hussein seemed to be savoring his independence. He had turned down the invitation to join Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria in their Arab "neutral" bloc, and he had already opened negotiations with the British on terms that seemed likely to assure for the young king the continuing of London's $25 million yearly subsidy, and the presence of a British military training mission, instead of the outright British command of Jordanian troops that...
Russia's present plan is to "play America's own game" of offering aid to underdeveloped countries, while attempting "infiltration," Dewey continued. The U.S. must maintain its influence with its allies and the "neutral nations," he said, to avoid "economic strangulation...
...able to extend their trade with Russia. Italy and West Germany, for example, could find markets for their goods in the Soviet bloc that they cannot find in the U.S. or in Western Europe. Finally, an American policy of extended trade with the Soviet Union would allow so-called "neutral" or non-committed nations, such as India, to breathe more easily. A relaxed East-West atmosphere would grant these countries a freer radius of action, and allow them to remain neutral with less fear of alienating either the U.S. or the U.S.S.R...
...long run, such a policy would prove far more useful than dangerous. It would improve world relations more than summit meetings and Martinis. Extended East-West trade would invigorate economies of our allies, and would also ease the pressure on "neutral" countries. It would alleviate much tension and discourage hasty or precipitous action by either side. Coexistence seems here to stay. Resuming a freer flow of East-West commerce would greatly improve the condition of the de facto situation that the world appears destined to accept for an inestimable length of time...
Howe also said that those institutions have done the most for academic freedom that have not been dogmatically committed to religion and natural law. "There has been a full flowering of liberty where academies are neutral in these matters rather than where they are committed," he added...