Word: commandism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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More Important: Influence. Far more important than White's espionage activity was his influence on policy. White became the No. 1 brain at the command of Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau. Although he hated rich men, White used his old flattery plan on Morgenthau, would often tell him: "Let your instincts be your guide, Mr. Secretary; your instincts are usually pretty good." Morgenthau, who has 900 volumes of diaries about his Washington work, has steadfastly refused to talk about his late assistant...
...under duress, that the U.N.-not the Communists-was menacing the peace. They told the P.W.s at once that they would protect the P.W.s' "right to be repatriated" (not the right to non-repatriation). When the first explanations bogged down, Indian newspapers automatically blamed the U.N. "The U.N. command has actually obstructed the neutrals' work," said the National Herald of Lucknow, which is run by one of Nehru's favorite editors. "The U.N. side has not played fair," cried the Hindustan Standard. "It has allowed prisoners to be influenced and indoctrinated...
...author of this subversive piece uses every device at his command to paint a grim picture of capitalism in the person of the Sheriff of Nottingham. We are told that he lives in splendor from the immense sums he extorts from the other bourgoisic. There is the implication that he profits directly from the labors of others...
...kind and well-disposed toward the U.S. Stevens tells about his experiences in Russian Assignment, one of the most interesting and readable reports to come out of the vast and dark land of the Soviets in a long time. Stevens had a great advantage over most other visitors: fluent command of the Russian language and a comprehensive familiarity with Russian literature, history and the arts. But the admiral's book is as good as it is for larger reasons: he is a man of sensitivity, and he writes with an easygoing lack of literary pretension that makes his words...
With all his command of water and of words, Balboa was not able to stave off a rival conquistador named Pedro Arias Dávila. Pedrarias, as he was better known, displaced him as governor of Darién, and despite all Balboa's diplomacy (including marriage with Pedrarias' daughter), had his predecessor's head chopped off and stuck on a pole in the village square...