Word: strengthened
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Europe: Strengthen the North Atlantic pact; grant military and economic aid to West Germany; implement the Schuman plan; and strengthen relations between Spain and NATO members...
Five. "To strengthen and extend every measure for the security and welfare of our people...
Arnall himself came forward with a suggestion for transferring the albatross. He strode in to see Harry Truman, suggested that the President call Congress back into session to strengthen price controls. The President could call on Congress to reverse the "crippling amendments" adopted last spring with Republican support. Truman, who knows how to get votes out of a can of peas, promptly announced that he was "considering" such a call. That brought the inflation issue from the household arts and financial pages to Page...
...crowd roared. Then Ike continued: "Much more than this, it is our aim to give to our country a program of progressive policies drawn from our finest Republican traditions; to unite us wherever we have been divided; to strengthen freedom wherever among any group it has been weakened; to build a sure foundation for sound prosperity for all here at home, and for a just and sure peace throughout our world . . . The road that leads to Nov. 4 is a fighting road. In that fight I will keep nothing in reserve...
...King's resumption of power has gone off bloodlessly. Norodom I's way of life has changed. Gone are the days of fast cars and jazzbands. Working against time to strengthen Cambodia's army, its economy and its morale against a Communist onslaught, the young King laments: "I can't get home in time for lunch...