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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Chinese base at Kardezh in eastern Tibet, forced the Reds to supply it by airlift. Other Khambas cut roads, raided munitions depots, tied down troops. Chinese settlers brought in by the Communists wilted under the savage Tibetan climate, native hostility, armed attack. Tibetan Communists or loyal government workers proved difficult to recruit...
...jobless in Britain, this seemed a good issue. But Tory Labor Minister Iain Macleod was able to announce a drop in unemployment of 58,-ooo-the biggest decrease in any one month in twelve years. Said he: "The first seven years in opposition are always the most difficult. I cannot help it if every time the Opposition are asked to name their weapons, they pick boomerangs...
...Communist permission to hold back in 1954 was such a success that the People's Police have since rejected applications for anything bigger than back-room rallies. And though the party is officially tolerated, members have been squeezed out of factory jobs and often find it difficult to get apartments or pay increases. But from their neighbors the Socialists get quiet encouragement. "Our fellow workers, the vegetable woman, the people down the block, all smile at us and come to tell us their troubles," says...
...room in.) But despite the obvious success of pioneer British programs, many hospital staffs strongly oppose extending the plan. Main reason is fear of mom. Complained one nurse: "You just can't do things that have to be done, when mothers are around." Another: "Mothers can be very difficult, in some cases because the hospital atmosphere heightens their worries, and in others because they're just made that way." Against such objections, the ministry insisted that the child's emotional security comes first...
...Petersburg can be taken as a sharp, jittery account of an explosive moment in Russian history, as a symbol-laden probe of the Russian temperament, or as a condemnation of nihilism. As a story about tormented oddballs, it needs none of these assists, but they enrich a difficult book that rises above its difficulties...