Word: approachement
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...through a highly dangerous phase in the conflict and stop the shooting. That would be in line with one of Chairman Mao Tse-tung's dictums: "In defense, the immediate object is to preserve yourself, but at the same time, defense is a means of supplementing attack." The approach suggested flexibility rather than moderation...
...most notable apostle of flexibility, Premier Chou En-lai is believed to be the guiding effort behind the policy switch. It was Chou who met with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin in Peking last month to discuss the border issue. Presumably, Chou's advocacy of a more pragmatic approach to the Russians was endorsed by some of China's military leaders, including Chief of Staff Huang Yung-sheng...
...closer links between the two Germanys, just short of formal diplomatic recognition. Speaking in his high-pitched Saxon twang, Ulbricht reiterated his old demand for full recognition, which would be unacceptable to Bonn. Russia's Brezhnev seemed far more conciliatory. "We would be pleased about a more realistic approach in West Germany," he said, "and would be prepared to act accordingly...
Willie's hope makes much of the American phenomena (swimming pool culture, perversions of academia, postmarital sex life) dissected in the novel seem not so much horrifying as pathetically funny. In taking this approach to life in American society. Lebowitz has come up with something different and genuinely beautiful as sick sixties fiction goes...
...announcing the launch, the Soviet news agency Tass added that two of the manned ships "have carried out an approach to each other." Tass did not say that they docked, however...