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...hard-line Stalinist, urges "progressive journalists" to enhance "the revolutionary consciousness of the popular masses" so that "they will fight more tenaciously to crush U.S. imperialism...
...growth of affluence, travel, education and technology, plus saturation television advertising, have contributed to greater consumption. Items to exploit the anti-Establishment values of the youth market-mod clothes, poster art-and the comfort-seeking wants of the increasing number of old people added further to the product crush. As new products proliferate, consumer confusion intensifies and brand loyalty erodes, leading to the creation of still more new items...
Instead, the Socialists helped crush the Kaiser by leading the revolution that broke out in the closing days of World War I. When the Weimar Republic was established in 1919, the first government was led by the Socialists, who ruled for two years. It was a dubious honor. Socialist Foreign Minister Hermann Muller was obliged to sign the harsh Versailles Treaty, putting the onus of Germany's defeat on the party that many nationalists already blamed for stabbing the country in the back by calling for the overthrow of the mon archy while the war was still going...
...Arctic drop as low as 75° below zero. Howling winds and raging seas build up pressure ridges of ice that tower 30 ft. above the surface and reach 100 ft. below. Grinding pack ice can lock an ordinary ship into a frigid vise for months or crush its hull like a beer...
Crimean Warning. They had little choice. Three weeks earlier, Soviet Party Boss Leonid Brezhnev had summoned the Czechoslovak leaders to the Crimea, where he delivered a grim warning: If the Czechoslovaks themselves did not suppress the protests, the Soviets would send in their tanks to crush the demonstrators. As the country marked its "Day of Shame," the Soviets kept their 100,000 occupation troops well out of sight, though they were poised to strike in the event the demonstrations got out of control. There were even rumors that archconservative elements in the Czechoslovak party might provoke serious outbursts in order...