Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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TIME, Feb. 8, states that "Tiger was folded into Air Force slang by U.S. pilots in Korea; in Asia, the tiger is an age-old symbol of ferocity...
...Meanwhile, they will exploit their greater opportunities in weaker Asia. ¶Their threat to Europe will be used to stave off any Western attempt to thwart their designs in the East...
...their public sessions, the diplomats talked of Europe. But their secret talks were of Asia. And Western diplomats carried away a strong suspicion that the Russians had decided on a holding action in Europe to leave themselves free to paddle in Asia's turbid political waters...
Last week in Berlin, Molotov entertained a select group of top East German Communists. The scraps of his speech which leaked out to a TIME correspond ent are revealing. "The focus of Soviet policy is in Asia," Molotov said. "The agenda of this conference has been decided with the concurrence of our Chinese ally . . . The united front of the Western Powers will fail first in Asia . . . The real danger to peace is in the Far East...
...slice of travel business now split largely between Pan American and Northwest Airlines. By the summer of 1955, J.A.L. hopes to halve San Francisco-Tokyo running time to 15 hours by using Comet II's, plans to start a now Tokyo-to-London jet Service across Asia...