Word: corrupted
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...committee and the public at large are desirous of having gambling run by a "nicer set of fellows," and at the same time directing the flow of billions into the Treasury, rather than into the hands of corrupt officials, there is a simple solution: legalized gambling...
...Rules Committee will move its rump aside for a moment and take a good look at the aid bill, it will discover something that will do more to keep Asia on our side than all the guns and technical aid that this country has poured into corrupt and undemocratic governments. Perhaps then it will...
...United States has never had much of a policy in the Near East. The State Department has recognized governments just escaped from colonial status as well as supporting the status quo; it has backed a democratic-socialist government like Israel's as well as corrupt oligarchical monarchy like Iran...
...anti-Communist back in 1946 when it resisted Russian attempts to grab some of its territory; so it seemed a fine idea for the United States to send money and experts there. But in deciding to lend an unqualified helping hand to Iran, this country found itself supporting a corrupt and unpopular government, one which consistently ignored the social and economic wretchedness of its people. For this hasty action the United States was bound to pay a price...
...leaders, who have the most to gain from American support, have found it more expedient to muffle discontent at home by a rabid nationalism aimed against the United States and Great Britain. America's attempts to raise the Iranian living standard failed because no agreement could be reached with corrupt and extravagant local officials...