Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...leader and theoretician named Khieu Samphan actually formulated the ideological foundation for the genocide long before the Americans started bombing. Pol Pot, once in power, set in motion the "Year Zero" program that led to the extermination of one-fourth of the population, some 2 million people, his own countrymen. Such deeds originate not in the American bombing but in a mystery of human behavior that is beyond imagination...
...strength might lead to an upsurge in death-squad activity by right-wing extremists. Last week the President took pains to show that his aim will be to encourage moderation. Said he: "We're going to build a government of tolerance, not a sectarian government." Most of his countrymen seem to agree with that...
...countrymen would agree. Without the Great Conciliator, as he is known, a smooth transition to democracy after more than 21 years of military rule may be threatened. Although Vice President Jose Sarney, 54, has directed the transfer so far, his background as an ex-member of the military-backed former ruling party makes him unpalatable as President to many factions in a delicately balanced government. The problem may be academic. Said Sarney at week's end: "I am confident that Tancredo Neves will be sworn in as President in ten to 15 days...
Goethe, near the end of his life, exhorted his countrymen, "Oh, that at long last you had the courage for once to yield yourselves to your impressions . . . to let yourselves be elevated, yes, to let yourselves be taught and inspired and encouraged for something great; only do not always think that everything is vain if it is not some abstract thought or idea!" The triumph of Bach was that he did just that. His imposing musical structures touch the heart directly; Bach was, after all, a musician, not a philosopher or theologian. The sad part is that, even...
...economic reform that has been desultorily followed for the past two years. The Soviet Union, Gorbachev said, had to make a "decisive turn" and switch the economy to the "tracks of intensive development." Hinting at the widening technological gap between the West and the Soviet bloc, Gorbachev asked his countrymen to push for scientific and technical excellence by applying socialist economic principles "in a creative way." Even within a planned economy, he said, there was room for "enhancing the independence of enterprises (and) raising their interest in the end product of their work." But Gorbachev also cautioned against letting...