Word: communisms
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...other hand, some constitutional monarchs have been noted for their brave support of democracy against dictatorship, and, in the Cold War, for serving as a bastion against communism. For instance, King Juan Carlos of Spain has been greatly admired since 1981, when he intervended to prevent a military coup from taking over the Spanish parliament. For Cambodia, the exiled but widely respected King Norodom Sihanouk has been a ray of hope representing democracy, as this summer militant leader Hun Sen crashed the fragile Cambodian peace that had been set up by the United Nations...
...says matter-of-factly. "That's the only milestone that has crossed my mind." Age 35? A million dollars? Where does such confidence spring from? Lots of places, and most of them quite valid. Baby Boomers are saving for retirement, not spending their hearts out. The fall of communism is opening the door to global trade. Technology is making everyone more efficient, which keeps inflation and interest rates low even as corporate profits mushroom...
...Rhodes Scholarship was established from the estate of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes, while the Marshall scholarship was established by the British government as a gesture of gratitude to the United States for its Cold War-era Marshall Plan of assistance to stem the tide of communism...
...other hand, it may be about a privileged elite at the heart of the North Korean government--insulated from the famine--working to stay in the power. Is this story really about communism, about a government in denial that its dream is collapsing, or is it about naked power...
...frustrated because his huge wealth seemed to give him no political influence in the West. When the Berlin Wall fell, he sought to persuade both President George Bush and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher to endorse a new Marshall Plan to rebuild the societies shattered by 70 years of communism. Neither leader would give him the time of day. He realized he needed to become a public personality...