Word: settlements
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...occasion was the opening of nearly 3,000 sq. mi. of the Oklahoma Territory to settlement. For decades, the U.S. Government had been content to use the land, which it had acquired in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, as a resettlement ground for displaced Indians. But after the Civil War, the white settlers began demanding parts of the territory. Cattlemen wanted to drive their herds to market along the Chisholm and Shawnee trails; America's new immigrants wanted land for farms. Ignoring Government restrictions, settlers known as boomers began to squat on lands in the territory...
...unprecedented leverage with both the P.L.O. and moderate Arab nations. If the P.L.O. could be crippled as a military power, he reasoned, Saudi Arabia and Jordan might feel less inhibited in joining Egypt in the Camp David peace process. These heady ideas soon disappeared. Instead of seeking a general settlement of the Palestinian problem, Habib had to concentrate all ot his efforts on working out an evacuation plan for the trapped P.L.O...
...immediate crisis it will strengthen its position as the dominant superpower in the area. By week's end Habib seemed to have the negotiations back on track. Said one hopeful U.S. official: "What we had worked out by Tuesday is still there, and pointing toward a settlement...
...Envoy Philip Habib reportedly was on the verge of working out an agreement for the Palestine Liberation Organization to evacuate Lebanon. The assaults also angered Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and thus jeopardized any resumption of the Camp David talks with Israel in search of a long-term settlement of the Palestinian issue...
Terrible as it has been, the devastation of West Beirut seems to be a prelude to political settlement. The P.L.O. is committed to withdrawal; it has no choice. From its new headquarters, in Cairo or elsewhere, the organization will have reduced military power, but it will still receive support from the Saudis and the other gulf states, which have long backed Arafat and his Al-Fatah organization. In time, the P.L.O.'s political and diplomatic influence may well increase...