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Three years later, the standing and power of the U.S. in Asia were greater than at any other time since the end of World War II. Our friends and allies in the region were worried about communist ascendancy, as we were, and they all rallied behind us. They understood clearly that their security depended on our presence and power in Asia. And so the dominoes never fell...
Isang Yun, a South Korean composer, was arrested in 1967 and sentenced to death for alleged communist ties after he visited North Korea in order to organize concerts that would involve musicians from both countries. Yun was eventually released and lived in exile in Germany until his death...
...radical Left campaigned against us because they thought we were part of an American conspiracy, bringing capitalism to the poor so they wouldn't join the revolution. The Right in the country suspected that we were trying to organize the people into a political force - that we were a communist threat. We had people accusing us of being guilty of two opposite things! But in time people have gradually accepted the good that Grameen has done, and the social empowerment it has created with millions of the poorest Bangladeshis is undeniable...
...year after that, he learned that Picasso had gone back to dripping. To be an American follower of Picasso in the '30s must have been a bit like being an American Communist. You never knew when the party line from abroad was going to take another unexpected twist. The difference of course was that Picasso had no interest in issuing directives. His ceaseless ventures in style and technique were more like challenges. And eventually the painters who would rise most spectacularly to the challenge would break out into realms of lyrical abstraction where even Picasso did not care to tread...
Earlier this week, Harvard announced plans to launch a spring-semester study-abroad program at the University of Havana, despite U.S. regulations on travel to communist Cuba...