Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pressure comparable to that of the Soviets during the blockade of 1948-49. But if the East Germans decide to bear down on West Berlin--by closing the corridors or stopping free interchange between city sectors--then the allied authorities in Berlin may be forced to negotiate with the Eastern zone...
...most desirable successor to the present divisions. A unified Germany, though, merely because of strategic consideration, would never be permitted by the Russians. Furthermore, Soviet prestige is staked on the East German experiment as much as Western prestige is staked on a free Berlin. On the other hand, an Eastern-aligned Germany would be unacceptable to the 50 million West Germans as well as to the other NATO allies...
...newest authority on Middle East affairs. Nuritdin Akramovich Mukhitdinov, 41, a Moslem from Tashkent who last year was promoted to the ruling Soviet Presidium, is its youngest member and only Moslem. Shortly after Mukhitdinov had four sessions with Nasser, Syrian Communist Chief Khaled Bakdash returned from exile in Eastern Europe to Damascus, and Mustafa Barzani, famed Kurdish rebel long harbored in Soviet exile, arrived back in Iraq. The Kurds (whose great leader in the time of the Crusades was Saladin) are a volatile minority of 5,000,000, spread across Turkey, Syria, Iraq, Iran and southern Russia. Openly defying Nasser...
...major moves are reportedly in the making: 1) a convocation of all Far Eastern bishops, probably in Manila, to which the Pope will send two trusted cardinals, Gregory Peter Agagianian and Marcello Mimmi; 2) a consistory at which John will confer the red hat on many non-Italians, will probably give Mexico and the Philippines their first cardinals, is almost certain to appoint cardinals in Boston and Chicago, may increase the size of the Sacred College...
...faith in itself. If they have any hope of salvation, it is the salvation science can bring about through improvement of the natural world," the Rev. Newbigin postulated. It is this faith in the ability of men to change their world, opposed to the non-scientific beliefs of the Eastern religions, he said, which enable the science ethic to exist...