Word: obtaining
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...nationalized mines, and wanted to see the Bolivian economy diversified. Under the Kennedy Administration, the policy of no aid to tin mining has been abandoned. U.S. Ambassador Ben Stephansky persuaded President Paz to adopt a program calling for a 65% increase in Bolivian tin production by 1967. To obtain funds for modernizing the mines, Comibol entered into a three-cornered aid pact, called "Operation Triangular," with the U.S., the Inter-American Development Bank and West Germany. In return for $38 million in aid, Comibol undertook to operate its mines more efficiently and to drop 6,000 men from...
...action, initiated by the Justice Department, was the first move by the Federal government to obtain criminal indictments for disturbances resulting from the current racial demonstrations in Georgia. According to the Deputy Attorney General, "such conduct must become a matter of serious Federal legal concern...
...Theatre Company of Boston is to be lauded for offering, if for only one week, the local premiere of Beckett's next-to-latest play, Happy Days (1961). And it was luckily able to obtain the services of Ruth White, who originated the main role at the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York, and whose virtuosity in it was one of the most stunning achievements of the 1961-62 season...
Knowing that Markham's testimony would challenge the Sheriff's assertions and therefore possibly endanger his life, defense attorney Hollowell attempted to contact Burke Marshall in Washington to obtain Federal protection. As Marshall was unavailable, the Justice department referred Hollowell to the man assigned to southwest Georgia, who suggested Hollowell contact the state attorney. Hollowell dismissed this proposal as "naive" and was unable to get any Federal help. Two FBI men subpoenaed to testify refused to follow Markham back to Albany from the trial, even though they were going the same...
...Laos truce agreement, signed by the U.S. and Red China.) The fact remains that a non-aggression agreement, beyond the unilateral pledges already made by NATO, would be taken as a formal recognition of the European status quo, and that could only help Khrushchev unless the West were to obtain significant concessions in return...