Word: asia
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...struggle to defend the beleaguered Chinese Nationalist island of Quemoy-from an attack begun and carried on night and day by Communist guns, backed by Peking's threats to conquer Formosa, and charged with tension by Moscow's bomb-rattling promise to throw the U.S. out of Asia. Yet Dulles had reason to wonder whether he did not have more to fear from his friends than from his enemies...
...agreed to keep down tariff barriers against lamb and mutton, automobiles and aircraft. For the Commonwealth's smaller, less developed partners, Canada led a big power move to increase development aid, pour more money into the International Monetary Fund, World Bank and Colombo Plan to speed progress in Asia and Africa...
Asked if he agreed with Toynbee's assertion that "Western culture is a waning culture," Dawson replied that "Toynbee exaggerates too much. The West is not quite so weak as he says. Anti-western movements in Africa and Asia," he said, "are already signs of the spread of Western culture in those areas...
Only in the diplomatic silences of Warsaw was there a muffling of the decibels of denunciation. There the U.S. and Red China bargained at the ambassadorial level (see below), with the peace of Asia and, quite possibly, the world at stake...
...experts reported that 160-170 land stations and ten on anchored or drifting ships should be able to monitor the entire earth with existing instruments, which are sure to improve with time. To do the full job-which may never be needed-37 of them should be in Asia, 24 in North America, six in Europe, seven in Australia, 16 in South America. 16 in Africa, four in Antarctica and 60 on islands (see schematic map with possible locations). In regions where earthquakes are common, the stations should be closer together (625 miles) than in nonseismic areas (1,060 miles...