Word: developed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British forces from Lebanon and Jordan, the Middle East is undergoing a political sea change. A strong, unexpected and menacing Communist current is running through the streets of Baghdad, proving that during the 40 years of British-backed strong-man rule in Iraq the Communists were able to develop and harden the best-organized apparatus in the Middle East. Iraqi Premier Karim Kassem, needing political support for his army dictatorship, has had to call upon the Communists to fight off those who want to merge Iraq into Nasser's one big Arab nation. At this crucial point, a crack...
Spending: Out from state banks goes the crisp, new money to develop public and private enterprises...
...attack during the McCarthy era, few came to his defense--except his colleagues at Johns Hopkins, where he has lectured at sporadic intervals for the last 25 years, and it seemed very hard for him to say that "if the conditions are right, the critical factors of society always develop. In a democracy, eventually people face the facts and the critical factors come into play. This is the strength of America, that we do question dogma...
...their hard and shiny exterior, always seem formidable. Democracies seem to stumble and falter; they advertise their differences and always seem vulnerable. But history has demonstrated that democracies are usually stronger and despotisms are always more vulnerable than they appear. For example, it is impossible for Communist nations to develop into modern industrial states without a large degree of education. But minds so educated also penetrate the fallacies of Marxism and increasingly resist conformity. Also, there are increasing demands on the part of the subject peoples for more consumer goods, for more of the fruits of their labor...
...other hand, the Committee called the non-Honors students "a significant group of undergraduates," and said "it is hoped that for each field of concentration a program of group tutorial or small discussion sections might develop in the Houses for non-Honors seniors...