Word: discrediting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...where the European allies met in 1818 to divide up the spoils after Napoleon's final defeat, that the Rothschilds elevated themselves from moneyed power to financial grandeur. Secretly manipulating European markets to the point of imminent crash, the Rothschilds managed to discredit rival moneylenders and emerged as bankers for all the huge reparations the victors extracted from defeated France. Thereafter their aura outshone the cunning it derived from...
...cheerfully reports that Stanton was possessed of a "wily versatility in ingratiating himself simultaneously with men of widely divergent views," and was more than willing to advance his career by setting his sail to catch the political winds. There is even evidence. Hyman admits, that Stanton connived to discredit his predecessor so that he could...
...should be able to tell Lord Home why: whatever the theoretically proper thing to do, the great world powers are simply not capable of acting together on issues like Goa or the Congo. The Cold War and their own conflicting interests cripple them. Thus, Lord Home's eagerness to discredit an admittedly flawed United Nations makes him forget that it is the only instrument the world has at the moment. In the Congo, it may even be succeeding in establishing peace--which is surely more than any great power action there could do. (Parenthetically, one hopes that Kennedy will...
Nasser, who knows well that this is the surest way to discredit Syria in the Arab world, assiduously painted the new regime as a "reactionary" front for British interests. In Syria itself, the powerful socialist Baath Party charged that the government ''represents vested interests trying to stuff their own pockets." The government was determined to put Syria's plundered economy on an even keel and slow Nasser's precipitate nationalization program. But able, French-trained Economics Minister Awad Barakat said he would press forward with land redistribution, ''with certain modifications," and retain intact "social...
Here Phillips had to choose between attempting to swing enough liberal votes from Alberg to defeat the even more conservative Harff, or throwing his influence behind Harff to defeat their common liberal enemies. Because using the liberal votes would "discredit" his record, Phillips held to a previous agreement with Harff and threw his weight against Alberg, who was then easily defeated. Once out of the race for the chairmanship, Phillips compromised for an appointment as Director of Liason with Outside Organizations...