Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Brazil could only be described as a diplomatic disaster. The few feeble cheers were drowned in the roar of protest from Roman Catholic churchmen and conservative organizations. Tito wanted to visit Rio and Sao Paulo; their governors flatly refused, saying they could not guarantee his safety. So for four days...
Indonesia's President Sukarno has threatened the new Federation of Malaysia, insulted Britain and brought his own country very close to disaster. Both Indonesia and the Philippines refuse to recognize Malaysia, questioning the United Nations survey which found that the inhabitants of Sarawak and Sabah favored federation.
In the U.S. Senate, Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield declared bluntly that Washington should quit trying to direct the Diem regime and concentrate on the "ugly inadequacy" of U.S. agencies in South Viet Nam. Unless U.S. officials on the spot cooperate fully with Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, declared Mansfield, "we are...
Anderson assailed the "modern fallacy that theories, or computers, or economics, or numbers of weapons win wars. Alone, they do not. Man, his wits and his will are still the key to war and peace, victory and defeat. Morale is the business of every leader in our defense establishment. Do...
In the tragedy of the zamindar Director Ray involves much more than the ruin of one man. He is a skillful social satirist, and he contrives sardonic contrasts between the haughty old-rich and the pushy new-rich. He is a gifted graphic artist in whose visions the physical and...