Word: depending
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Communists." For example: "The incredible destructive power of hydrogen warheads makes it possible to destroy a nation by launching a hail of ballistic missiles against it ... The most ominous aspect of this new weapon is that once launched, there is no defense against it. Such a missile does not depend upon electronic guidance as it approaches its targets, and therefore it cannot be thrown off course by electronic jamming . . . Will the Communists have [them] before we do? There are many reasons to believe they will...
Executing the Agreement. A joint Commission composed of equal numbers from each side shall insure a "simultaneous and general cease-fire," a "regrouping of armed forces," observance of the demarcation lines and other provisions that depend on joint action. Supervision. An International Commission-Canada, India and Poland-shall preside as arbitrator of troop movements, supervisor of ports and frontiers and all aspects of the truce. India will preside...
mission saw was a land of "poverty and hunger," of "barely . . . food enough to keep life in the people," where "vast areas . . . are desert." Though 80% of its 44 million depend for a living on the soil, less than a twentieth of the land is cultivated, and only a tenth of its potential realized. It is backward and unstable, a menace to itself and the world's peace...
...Indian Case. Nehru often says that the destiny of Asia must depend upon the friendship of India and Red China. He attaches tremendous significance to his belief that India and Red China share common problems-poverty, overpopulation and "white" imperialism -and must tend toward one another because of them. He never chooses publicly to mention their basic difference: India goes in for British-style parliamentary democracy, while Red China rules by terror and command. Only when Red China shows more than a passing interest in what Nehru considers to be Indian interests (e.g., Nepal, Burma) does Nehru react like...
...Political dictatorships that depend upon high birthrates...