Word: deepen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Cooperation. Credit for Europoort's amazing progress rests squarely with Rotterdam's politicians and businessmen. Rather than wait for a blessing by the national government at The Hague, they have gone ahead with plans in a fait accompli fashion. Last year, for example, the Rotterdammers decided to deepen the port's sea channel to accommodate tankers up to 225,000 tons (present capacity is 130,000). The first of these giants is expected at the end of this year, and the entire project should be completed by late 1969. Typically, by the time The Hague gave...
...moderate civil rights leaders think the antiriot bill is likely to deepen pessimism among Negroes. "Too many people," said Roy Wilkins, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, at its annual meeting in Boston last week, "want to make the Negro 'behave' but do not want to give him justice. They think that riot prevention consists of crackdown laws and crackdown police...
...Both sides are responsible for the present crisis. Israel has never seriously tried to make peace with the Arabs, from whose land it was carved. The Arabs have never admitted Israel's right to exist. Instead, both sides have engaged in border terrorism that has only served to deepen the hatred between them. Last November, in reprisal for guerrilla raids, Israeli tanks whipped into Jordan-one of its least aggressive neighbors-and shot up a town. Only a month ago, the Israeli air force flew into Syria-which trains and finances most Arab "commando" units -and shot down...
...three-phase plan. First, peo- ple opposed to the war or with doubts about it are found through extensive canvassing. Second, once the people are found, they form discussion groups to deepen their understanding of the issues involved in the war. Third, with their studies complete, they undertake "basic political action." Alperovitz is still uncertain of the exact form action should take, but he has suggested pressing Congressmen to hold open hearings on the war in the community or petitioning to place a statement opposing the war on the ballot in local elections...
...industrial productivity has failed to improve, and though help might have come from private investment, instead such investments have slumped. Soaring government spending for defense, welfare, roads, schools, housing and nationalized industries has raised the specter of higher taxes next month, a move that some economists fear would only deepen the recession...