Word: alsop
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Lawrence was not a Washington personality in the manner of the Alsop brothers or the late Drew Pearson. Nor was he an eminence like Walter Lippmann or Arthur Krock. In recent times the readership of his newspaper column declined, and his writing became utterly predictable. But for more than 60 years Lawrence was a formidable journalist who always knew his audience...
Columnist Joseph Alsop came to lunch at Washington's National Press Club last week and ate just the tiniest portion of crow. A full house of his colleagues heard him expatiate on his recent visit to China. "The Chinese system," he admitted, "is achieving a much greater degree of practical success than most Americans, and certainly I, had supposed." Coming from an old China hand, a staunch defender of Chiang Kaishek, a relentless past critic of Mao Tse-tung's "disordered, paranoiac government," Alsop's new tone-both in print and on the rostrum-comes across...
...Alsop told his audience that the Russians would finally back down. His talks with Chinese officials, including Premier Chou Enlai, persuaded him that Peking's policy must be seen in the light of the threat they perceive across the Russian border. He conceded that his "rather gloomy view" is not understood in the U.S. "The New York Times view of the world," Alsop archly observed, "doesn't include the possibility of such as I have outlined, but Mr. Chou En-lai very definitely does. So one of them is obviously crazy...
...Alsop is bullish on Sino-U.S. relations-at least while the Russian threat remains. He claimed that the Chinese are even reconsidering their opposition to a strong U.S. military presence in Southeast Asia, and may come to view it as a force neutralizing Soviet might. "It's known," Alsop quipped, "as singing out of the other side of your mouth, because now you know on which side your bread is buttered...
...fascinating and exhilarating . . . Everywhere, you see the strong foundations for a better future being boldly, laboriously, intelligently laid. Whether in agriculture or industry, you find eye-popping achievements." What hath God wrought? The words are those of none other than Columnist Joseph Alsop, talking about China. A patrician conservative who long described the Peking regime as though it were directly ruled by Satan, Alsop recently toured the old battlefields, where he had served with the Chinese Nationalists during World War II. He found himself hugely impressed by the industrial growth and disciplined spirit, and he took such copious notes...