Word: colds
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Never Had It So Good." The school in Siberia which had inculcated such thoughts and sentiments had begun bitterly. For two years the men were cold and hungry, worked unremittingly. Then the Russians eased up. For those who embraced Communism or at least paid lip service, living conditions took a sharp turn for the better. Recalled one repatriate: "I never had it so good. There was plenty to eat and the Russians were so easygoing...
...Flags & Cold Tea. Then the re-indoctrination for the U.S.-brand of democracy went awry. Some 500 of the repatriates were shuttled on to their native Kyoto. To the old city's railway station trooped a crowd of official greeters. All was carefully planned, including the serving of tea by the local women's club. But Kyoto's Communists moved into the party and made it their own show...
...collusion with Red railway workers, they managed to filter through a police cordon. They cleverly planted Red flags in the hands of the official greeters. When the repatriates' train pulled in, the welcome was transformed into a frenzied Red rally. Bewildered clubwomen stood disconsolately amid unnoticed cups of cold tea as the demonstration swept around them...
...strikers showed no signs of going back to work and Comrade Williams, smug in his office beside Sydney's harbor, seemed satisfied that everything was going along just fine. Australians set themselves for a long, cold winter...
...cold...