Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Before long you Americans will awake with oil in your veins instead of blood. CONRAD ROUSSEAU
...pilots who left in October should not return. Egypt was operating the canal acceptably in October and their unexpected success might have been a factor in the Anglo-French attack, as Britain and France were probably expecting Nasser to fail as Mossadegh did with the nationalization of Anglo-Iranian oil...
...said President Eisenhower had given Israel a "promissory note." He felt that either the U.S. must "face up to this responsibility" to guarantee the rights of Israel, or she will lose great prestige among the Arab nations and around the world. Slessor also noted that "the Suez and the oil it carries is absolutely vital to the European economy...
Slessor offered several steps that the West might take to achieve final international stability. First among these would be to give the UN something to do. He suggested letting the UN control all international waterways, and produce and market oil. Slessor also suggested that three "interlocking mutual security treaties, backed by the major powers," be firmly established in Europe, the Middle East and Asia...
...many ways, the Broadmoor is the country club, the social and athletic center, and the chief attraction of Colorado Springs. Oil and cattle men from all over the west eventually come to stay at the hotel and mingle with the "society" of the Springs...