Word: strengthened
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Unequal Equation. The U.S.'s Jupiter IRBM bases in Turkey were constructed in 1960-61, not clandestinely but only after a publicly announced agreement between the U.S. and Turkey. The purpose of the U.S. bases was not to blackmail Russia but to strengthen the defense system of NATO, which had been created as a safeguard against Russian aggression. As a member of NATO, Turkey welcomed the bases as a contribution to her own defense...
...same. The immediate assumption was that this would hurt the Democrats for whom they had planned to stump. Yet there was a supposition that the nation would want to unite behind its President-and perhaps behind his party as well. Again, went the figuring, the crisis seemed likely to strengthen incumbents of both parties in cases where their opponents have never been tested in high public office...
...Western alliance, as usu al, seemed in disarray, and practical moves toward Western European unity were for the time being suspended. Yet the relentless logic of what Harold Macmillan called Europe's new Renaissance made it plain that union will come, and that it will strengthen the alliance...
...Jagan's government may be trying to strengthen economic ties with Cuba, but as yet it does not seem to have requested aid from the Soviet bloc countries. This does not mean, however that such aid has not been available. East Germany offered last spring to build ten factories, for example, and recently Soviet geologists discovered extensive oil fields in British Guiana--fields which similar American and British experts completely missed...
...Basically and most important, will the new and growing association with government strengthen or weaken our educational institutions in their ability to perform their essential work? Will future government regulatory policies adequately recognize the true nature of educational institutions? Or will they simply treat our colleges and universities as service agencies in particular situations...