Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...credit at fair rates to the farmer who has to borrow money. We must protect REA co-ops by safeguarding and using the preference clause and by assuring them adequate funds for transmission, generation and distribution. We must conserve the greatest asset we have inherited-the soil . We must strengthen the agricultural conservation program and the Soil Conservation Service, restore the role of leadership to the conservation districts, restore the administration of agricultural programs to farmers, and take emergency measures when needed to prevent another dust bowl...
...remark that Yugoslavia would have "to swallow" attacks from the Soviet right wing was interpreted as meaning that any show of aggressive independence at this point would merely help the rightists. After the surprise departure last week, a Belgrade spokesman said that Tito had gone to Yalta to "strengthen Khrushchev's hand." But if Khrushchev is in trouble with his own party, how does Tito's presence at Yalta help him? There were no firm answers to this question last week, but hints dropped through Communist channels over the past few months indicated how Tito might...
Handlin decried as false the notions that "peace is a way to liberate the satellites, strategic retreats in every part of the globe strengthen a military position, and small cheap armies, under God, are more powerful than large expensive ones--and better for the budget...
...strengthen its civilian staff, the Army announced it was setting up fellowships that will enable up to 40 Army career employees to take off six months to a year at full pay to engage in research studies likely to bear on Army problems. ¶ The Florida state department of education took a cautious step toward the inclusion of instruction in "spiritual values" in the public schools. State Superintendent Thomas D. Bailey circulated to school districts a program drawn up at the state's request by unofficial representatives of major religious groups. The program emphasizes five "moral and spiritual cornerstones...
...major diplomatic reshuffle last week, the U.S. tapped two top-ranking State Department officers to strengthen its hand in the troubled eastern Mediterranean, reassigned four ambassadors-in-being to make room for the shifts. The changes...