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...secret contribution to Nixon's campaign. The President inspired an ovation by declaring in a nautical note: "I can assure you that you don't need to worry about my getting seasick or jumping ship. It is the captain's job to bring that ship into port. I am going to stay at the helm until we bring it into port...
Winking at Help. The oil companies must try to keep serving the customers of those refineries or risk being sued for breach of contract. Moreover, Rotterdam's "Europort" is more than twice as big as any other port in the world (the runner-up is not even in Europe, but in Kobe, Japan). Only a few supertankers can be diverted from Rotterdam to Le Havre, the strongest rival port...
...subtle strategy. The Arabs fully appreciate that Rotterdam is the critical conduit for oil to Northern Europe. By singling out the Dutch, they are able to menace all of Europe while officially punishing only one nation. By allowing the continued-though significantly reduced-flow of oil through the Dutch port, they prevent total European collapse (which they do not want) while gaining more efficient control over that flow than if they had to track down where each barrel of their oil is going. Just as easily as they wink at the subterfuge, they can stop it when they please...
...more to gain-in the short term, at least-by opposing the coup. The Administration had been pleased by Papadopoulos' recent promises of free elections, and by his acceptance in principle of the next phase of the U.S. Navy's plans to use Greece as a "home port" for the Sixth Fleet. Whether the new junta will go along with the plan is not yet known, though Androutsopoulos has already made it clear that Greece will remain in NATO...
...whatever reasons, gave up decaying, corrupted Europe and sailed for this new continent where they found freedom and escape. Never mind that our forefathers were not all white or European or free in their choice to come here, that not all of them got far beyond the crowded, filthy port cities, that not all they did here was blessed by innocence. It is a myth that began in the minds of desperate immigrants who could only hope the new world would bring them better and found expression at the base of France's birthday gift to America, the Statue...