Word: africanism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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America may look askance at France and Britain for their North African show of force but has it forgotten why Hungary is under the bloody Russian boot today? The American people may detest colonialism, but they voted four times in a row for Roosevelt am his cohorts of so-called liberals, who did more to establish Communist colonialism in the West than any other influence outside Russia. The thought was denounced as immoral at the time, and those who saw in Russia the danger of the future were branded as fascists and almost traitors...
...passing, Internal Revenue's Bulletin made it clear that just because Sanitary Farms Dairy, Inc. of Erie, Pa. won a deduction for the cost of an African safari for business purposes, "taxpayers are cautioned" to make certain that any future African safaris had better be strictly business before the pith helmets are purchased, else expenses will not be deductible for tax purposes...
Though the Cuban resolution passed by a vote of 55 to 10, 14 nations abstained. Among them: India. Indonesia and every Middle Eastern country save Iran and Iraq. Despite this lingering trace of doublethink, however, there were encouraging signs that bit by bit the Asian and African nations were coming to recognize that Russian imperialism was just as immoral as any other kind. Three weeks ago India's U.N. Delegate Krishna Menon had outraged many, including his own countrymen (see below), by voting against a resolution which called upon Hungary to admit U.N. observers. Last week, under pressure from...
Crumbling Defiance. In the U.N.'s East River headquarters, this defiance of the U.N.'s will sparked an outburst of indignation. With Krishna Menon marching at their head, 21 Asian and African nations quickly introduced a resolution which called upon Britain, France and Israel to "comply forthwith" with the General Assembly's demand for immediate withdrawal from Egypt, and expressed "grave concern" that they had not already done...
...underside of the world and compete again for the biggest possible prize. It is enough for a young man of 24 to know that his achievements can mean something as long as Olympic games are held, as long as youngsters anywhere, from the steppes of Russia to the African veld, strive to run faster, throw farther, jump higher than anyone else in the world...