Word: communistic
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time to stop our "Ugly-American Diplomacy" before we lose our most loy al anti-Communist ally...
Sensing Percy's unpopularity with Republican conservatives, Seith has stressed his hard-line anti-Communist views and fiscal conservatism. As a result, he has the backing of Jim Evans, chairman of the Illinois Conservative Union, while Percy has picked up endorsements from the AFL-CIO, the United Auto Workers and the liberal Independent Voters of Illinois...
...basic problem is still Taiwan, just as it was when Richard Nixon began the normalization of relations with China six years ago. The Communists insist that the U.S. close its embassy in Taipei, abrogate its 24-year-old mutual defense treaty with Nationalist China, and accept the Communist claim that the offshore stronghold is simply a province of the People's Republic. "We are talking about recognition," Chinese Vice Premier Teng Hsiaoping said during his current visit to Tokyo, but "on these three conditions we are waiting for the U.S. to make up its mind...
...Taipei would be turned into a nongovernmental institution that could still perform all the functions of an embassy. The U.S. needs to watch out for $7.5 billion in annual trade with Taiwan and $500 million in American investments there (Taiwan is the U.S.'s twelfth largest trading partner; Communist China is the 23rd). In addition, the Administration is determined to provide for the maintenance of Taiwan's 500,000-man armed forces...
...week unfolded, John Paul was greeted by exuberant well-wishers ?among them 5,000 Polish pilgrims allowed temporary visas out of their Communist-ruled homeland. With a gifted preacher's polished delivery, the Pope addressed the throngs fluently in five languages, then plunged into their midst to shake outstretched hands. For Vatican and Italian police, the public appearances were a security nightmare. For officials of the papal household, they were also somewhat of an embarrassment: the Pope's white cassock sleeve cuffs sometimes became covered with lipstick marks...