Word: communisms
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...American invasions and interventions--including one in which an American journalist, William Walker, declared himself president--fostered resentments that culminated in the overthrow of the U.S.-installed Somoza dictatorship. The insurgents in both Cuba and Nicaragua were largely able to mobilize cross-class support on promises not of Communism but of independence...
...imperative motives of national duty," said Ford Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus David Riesman '31, a colleague of Parsons. While he said he was not aware of the accusations against Parsons, he added that the reported actions did not surprise him in light of the sociologist's staunch anti-communism...
...those who believe we should hope for failure, that somehow failure will result in a weaker Soviet Union and that will be better for the U.S. It's a case of our wanting to see that experiment succeed in opening up that society and seeing the Soviets recognize that Communism has not succeeded. At the same time, I don't think success or failure depends on what we do. We must continue to approach this relationship with prudence, realism, and to be reserved and not go overboard here just because we see a change...
...scene was rich with possibility. In the front row of the Caracas theater where Venezuela's newly elected President Carlos Andres Perez would be inaugurated sat U.S. Vice President Dan Quayle, neophyte diplomat, basher of Communism and self-described "cheerleader" for democracy. A mere six seats to Quayle's right sat Cuban leader Fidel Castro, the bearded antithesis of everything Quayle stands for. Was a confrontation reminiscent of Richard Nixon's 1959 Moscow "kitchen debate" with Nikita Khrushchev in the offing...
...achieve these heady dreams, Bush will have to overcome a bevy of obstacles--the possibility of domestic Soviet turmoil, the hesitancy of his cabinet and a 40-year-old tradition of anti-communism...