Word: asia
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...destroy the faith of U.S. allies elsewhere. He caustically recalled that efforts to placate Japan in the late '30s "did not lead to peace, they led to Pearl Harbor," and snapped that many of the critics who preceded him were advocating that "same general approach to aggression in Asia today...
...virtue of its strength and resources," he said, "the U.S. cannot escape from a powerful element of unilateralism, and I see no point in naively or romantically railing against this fact." Nonetheless, he urged the Administration to allow itself "a broad range of policy alternatives" in Southeast Asia. "If we continue to live by the all-or-nothing philosophy-either all in or all out-we cannot possibly sustain our values or our interests...
Smith's tobacco curtain seemed to be paying off. There was no way to tell how the sales were going. But Salisbury hotels were filled with buyers from all over Western Europe and even Asia. In any case, tobacco farmers could not lose very much, for the government had guaranteed purchase of this year's entire crop if necessary, at prices only slightly lower than last year's. To the chagrin of the British, economic disaster seemed as far away for the Smith government as ever...
...Peter Gosling, associate professor of geography at the University of Michigan, was even blunter. Calling Wicker's article "factually inaccurate^" Gosling estimated that only one-third of the signers could be considered China experts. By paying $15-a-year dues, anyone who demonstrates an interest in Asia can join the association; members range from anthropologists to theologians to librarians. Moreover, charged Gosling, some of the signers do not belong to the association; nor was the entire membership contacted and given a chance to sign the paper. "It was disorganized," says Gosling. "They sent letters to people they knew...
...every two men on earth lives in thralldom to a brand of totalitarianism that condemns religion as the opiate of the masses?which has stirred some to heroic defense of their faith but has also driven millions from any sense of God's existence. Millions more, in Africa, Asia and South America, seem destined to be born without any expectation of being summoned to the knowledge...