Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Communism was on the move in Asia, massively and triumphantly. Ho Chi Minh moved into Hanoi as the non-Communist forces retreated sullenly before him, bickering in a fashion which suggested that, before long, Ho might also be moving into Saigon and all of Indo-China...
Westerners could only guess what inspired the accords. Some speculated that Russia had been forced to grant concessions to keep rambunctious Red China in line. Others speculated that Russia and Red China were moving more closely together, that the best opportunities for world revolution lay in Asia and that Red China was to be allowed, encouraged and built up to lead...
...that a treaty is often worth no more than the paper it fills. Yet today, world peace is more dependent on these pieces of paper than ever before. They bind the United States, for instance, to all of Latin America, most of Europe, and a good part of Asia. In the next few days, study groups of professionals and dedicated amateurs will meet all over the country to pull land haw at the biggest, and also the flimsiest, of the documents--the Charter of the United Nations...
...forces acting on the Soviet empire between birth and conception have left their mark on soviet peoples and policies today. The years before 1924 were the proving period for the tactics of infiltration and absorption. Since the end of World War II, Communists in Europe and Asia have shown how well the lessons were learned...
While hedging his bets with diversification, Sir Eric is still bullish on newsprint. In this generation, says he, "three great areas will open up-South America, India and Southeast Asia and China." In Britain itself, where newsprint is still rationed, Sir Eric thinks that demand would soar from 800,000 tons to 2,500,000 tons a year if the papers were to expand to their prewar size. And he is so enthusiastic about U.S. prospects that last week he announced a third paper machine will be added to the Calhoun plant, making it the biggest newsprint mill...