Word: communisme
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communism has never had a spokesman who could state a bad case more ingratiatingly. As official observers, we felt that courtesy demanded a minimum of argument, and this suited Khrushchev. He put on quite a show. When I said we had been much impressed by the earnestness with which people talked of "overtaking and surpassing" U.S. production in 10 or 15 years, Khrushchev answered with a trace of irritation: "I don't know why some people in your country don't take this slogan seriously. Our rates and tempos of growth are three and four times those...
...curly black fur collar and the cylindrical black fur hat. He gave us a grin and a sort of salute. Then, accompanied by a general, he moved on down the hall, as round and jolly a commissar as ever stoked the fires or marshaled the might of international Communism...
...seats to seven, and only one of Thoma's supporters was elected. But the Communist Minren won only five seats, half the number they expected. "A stunning blow," confessed Saichi Nakeshi. Red mayor of Naha. "The people disliked the idea of being used as a tool of international Communism," commented the Socialists' snaggle-toothed Tsumichio Asato...
...another area, U.S. idealism has been brought face to face with an unpalatable truth: when self-determination conflicts with the overriding U.S. objective of preserving the free world from Communist conquest, both expediency and good conscience dictate that self-determination must take second place. For unless the tide of Communism is contained, the world's dependent peoples will lose even the freedom to cry for freedom...
Gaillard envisages the establishment of a Mediterranean alliance composed of Tunisia, Morocco, Libya, Spain, Italy, Britain and France. It would also include Algeria-as a part of France. Militarily, the proposed pact would be designed to defend North Africa against both Communism and Nasserism. Economically, it would offer its members the right to participate in development of the oil and mineral resources of the Sahara...