Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Fortress Illusion. "It is the idea," said Dewey, with unspoken but unmistakable reference to Herbert Hoover, "that fortress America could survive alone." Said Dewey flatly: "It could not . . . fortress America is an illusion." The fall of Europe would mean Russian domination over Africa and Asia. Essential raw materials of munitions-chromite, manganese, bauxite, uranium-come from the mines of Africa and Asia. Without them, "our industry would grind to a halt." U.S. troops to Europe are a matter of "necessity for our self-preservation...
...committee, loaded with nations hostile to unrestricted news-gathering, drafted a treaty calling for numerous limits on newspapers. The committee members from Asia and the Middle East even wanted to prohibit any story which might "injure the feelings of the nationals of a state...
...atomic umbrella continues to protect a united free world, if the U.S. strengthens Europe and Asia fast enough, if Communism is rolled back, the West can confront the Kremlin with the conditions for peaceful coexistence...
...Asia and U.S. inflation brought a flight from the dollar. By last week, the price of gold in free markets had soared to $42 in Paris, Zurich and Tangier, to $56 in Hong Kong, to $59 in Bombay. London's Economist estimated that in 1950 $720 million in gold (more than 85% of world production) had gone either into hiding or commercial use. Actually, much of the "commercial" gold (for jewelry, etc.) had gone to hoarders. The International Monetary Fund permits South Africa, world's biggest gold producer, to sell part of its production at a premium...
...ASIA...