Word: brinks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have, in fact, increased, in the Asian arena of international politics while the danger in the Western arena has decreased. In Europe the antagonism between the two confronting powers, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R., climaxed in a series of Berlin crises and in the Cuban crisis. But from the brink of nuclear war, the two powers have turned to peaceful coexistence--so much so that the once-allied European nations seem now to have lost any interest in NATO, the establishment of the cold...
...pressing is the necessity to examine some of the other aspects of the recent elections. For example, the rise of regional parties on the plank of regional demands--the D.M.K. is the most prominent example--has already prompted several foreign observers to conclude that India is poised on the brink of national disintegration. While the threat posed by regionalism is genuine, this is, to say the least, an exaggerated conclusion. Much of what will happen in the future hinges on the issue of Hindi. In the north, the major gains have been made by Jan Sangh and to some extent...
...repelled by the events of the past several months. It was in this mood that they voted, and their votes were as much against the pro-Peking direction of the Japanese Socialist Party as they were for the conservatism of Sato. Japan feels that it is staring over the brink of madness, and it does not like what it sees...
...argument that the bombing policy is a necessary psychological booster to the Saigon government and military forces is now outdated. Things have changed since February, 1965, when the bombing began on a regular basis and the Saigon government was on the brink of total collapse. The Viet Cong are no longer in a position to take Saigon, and the Ky government is now far more stable than its predecessors...
...Brink. Gunther left South America with the conviction that it is "on the brink of revolution." Maybe- but it has been on the brink for quite a while. In all, he spent only six months touring an area twice the size of the U.S., and his book, like all his other Insides, can hardly be expected to probe as deeply as the title suggests. But for all that, Inside South America is a valuable introduction to a continent that deserves more attention and more understanding than it usually gets...