Word: renewer
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Jordan two weeks ago, both sides were rolling up their sleeves for another battle. Israel, ever more touchy about the incursions of Arab commandos across the River Jor dan, massed troops, tanks and artillery in the Beisan valley south of the Sea of Galilee awaiting an excuse to renew the offensive. Jordan, cheered beyond measure by the fact that its troops had knocked out a dozen Israeli tanks, replied in kind. It evacuated civilians from its own Beisan valley villages, moved in well-trained guerrillas and its Arab Legion troops to face the expected Israeli attack...
...there are also new risks. The write-in efforts that now have Rockefeller's consent could fizzle. Speaking out on controversial issues could renew enmity as well as arouse a following. The press that gave Romney such a bad time will now be dissecting Rockefeller's every move to see whether the "draft" meets his own criteria of being "meaningful, natural and genuine...
...urgency, a readiness to ask hard questions and to accept some unpleasant answers, into the Saigon body politic. Many pro-government political leaders, as well as those who oppose the government, are displaying a fresh critical spirit that begins with the realization that the government has to reform and renew itself...
...tiny capital of Niger, the dust clouds rise at midday to nostril level. They made no exception last week for the 13 African chiefs of state who met there to discuss the future of their Afro-Malagasy Common Organization (OCAM), including efforts to persuade the European Common Market to renew their tariff concessions. There was something else in the air, however, that proved even more pervasive than dust: the unmistakable presence of France...
...million contraction in last year's $9 billion of bank loans to foreigners, President Johnson ordered a tightening of still voluntary controls administered by the Federal Reserve Board. As with investment controls, the new rules will hit Europe hardest. The Reserve Board asked banks to refuse to renew outstanding loans on the Continent when they mature and to reduce their short-term (less than a year) loans in the region by 40% during 1968. Just to make sure banks cooperate, the President also gave the Fed stand-by power to make the restrictions compulsory...