Word: condemnations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Gained immense prestige in Asia, Africa and Latin America by its readiness to condemn aggression by a friend as well as by an enemy; gained gratitude by its decision to strengthen the U.N.. and gained trust by separating itself from the colonial powers. Suffered, along with other Western countries, for its inability to help Hungary (even though the reason might be understood). Criticized in Britain and France for inaction in the Middle East. In Britain. anti-Americanism is now the private, and can soon be expected to become the public, scapegoat of the Tories...
...four-page protest in the anti-Communist L'Express. "The Red Army fired on an entire people. And the crime for me is not only the tank attack on Budapest. It is also that it was rendered possible by twelve-years of terror and stupidity. I condemn entirely and without reserve the Soviet aggression...
...tragically condemned to watch the rebellion in Hungary flare and thousands die. We have power, not for liberation, but only for annihilation. This does not condemn us, however, to either defeatism and isolation or to reckless war. Russian expansion can still be blocked. Our outraged sympathies must seek their outlet in rebuilding the fortunes of both freedom and peace. Ira M. Lapidus...
Canada, torn by its historic loyalty to Britain, and its utter ignorance of just what Britain was doing, decided not to condemn Britain and France publicly. But it was miffed by having been kept in the dark by Eden. Not until two days after Israel's invasion did Canada suspend a scheduled delivery of 24 Sabre jets to Israel. External Affairs Chief Lester Pearson called the Anglo-French decision to intervene in Egypt "a most unhappy...
Midway through the tour, Editor Paul Cummings Jr. of New Hampshire's Peterborough Transcript told a Southern colleague: "I wasn't sure what to believe before I made the trip. Now I find the worst is true. We don't condemn you for practicing segregation. What we can't understand is how a people can be denied the right to vote in the U.S. To me this is unbelievable. I just couldn't believe it until I came down here and heard it first hand." Then Editor Cummings turned to Pressagent DeCell, who also edits...