Word: communisme
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...there are any fewer Papal statements about Communism and the international political scene generally, it will be because most aspects of world political situations have been covered by previous Church statements, Fr. Porras said...
...trouble with Communism, as many a disgruntled Polish diner-out can testify, may be studied at close range in any state-run restaurant. When signaled, a Polish waiter turns his back. When plucked by the sleeve as he saunters by, the waiter snaps, "Kolega," meaning it is not his table. Menus sometimes are elaborate and evocative, but when asked to serve some dish other than fried pork and overboiled cabbage, the waiter answers: "Niema" (There...
Anticipating Nasser's propagandists, Bourguiba said defiantly: "Yes, I am Western, and I will remain so." Tunisia's pro-Western policy, he said, "has enabled us to avoid many troubles." Nasser, he declared, is "not aware of the danger of Communism. Once the Iron Curtain drops, there is no escape...
...world-circling trip, Dr. and Mrs. Lin Yutang stopped off in Hong Kong, where the philosopher-novelist (The Importance of Living, Moment in Peking) told newsmen that "unless we have the courage to face Communism and change from the defensive to the offensive, there's nothing to prevent Communism from becoming the world's victor." Then, flying to Formosa, Dr. Lin stood on Chinese soil for the first time in 14 years, said there should be no cut in the size of the garrisons on beleaguered Quemoy and Matsu...
...Zhivago, by Boris Pasternak. Russia's greatest living poet affirms in Russia's greatest novel since the Revolution that not even Communism can destroy his people's hopes and humanity...