Word: arens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...blood pressure hit 200. In a padded blue gown he hobbled around his study and roared at an American visitor: "You are fighting a cold war against Communists throughout the world, yet in China your policy appears aimed at hastening our government's disintegration. It seems we aren't collapsing fast enough to suit your taste...
...Warsaw cafe a group of Poles were surreptitiously swapping yarns about the Communist bosses in their country when they noticed that an old friend, a Russian, was listening in gloom and silence. "What's the matter, Vyacheslav," they called to him. "Aren't there any good stories about Communists in Russia?" "Oh, yes," answered the Russian thoughtfully, "Yes, there are. There are many very funny stories." "Well," cried the Poles, "tell us one, Vyacheslav. We won't repeat it. You can't get into any trouble with us." The Russian thought for a long time, then...
Father Lombardi spoke first. He said: "It is either in Communism or Christianity that humanity must find a solution . . . There is much good in Communism . . . but the good there is in you, Mr. Spano, comes from your being Christian not Communist . . . We aren't opposed to Communists who expect social betterment . . . but the purely materialistic view which discards spiritual values, leads to the dictatorship of a single class and to the concentration of this dictatorship finally in the hands of a single man . . . May Christianity enliven all that is Christian in Communism...
...What is it exactly you want?" I told her it was to be called a "Profile" and referred her to those in "The New Yorker," which I saw she had been reading. "But they're mythical," she said. I made a noise to indicate bewilderment. "They're mythical, aren't they? Those people surely aren't real...
Food tops the list of presents that aren't clothes. Girls, especially those who live in local dormitories, picked candy, fruit cake or fruit packages--one fruit company puts out a special Christmas supplement of boxes of apples, pears, dried and candied fruit peels; dates and nuts--and boxes of assorted chunks of cheese...