Word: eastern
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From powerful Chinese-built radio transmitters somewhere in Albania, a torrent of anti-Soviet diatribe pours forth each day. Though Russia, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria try to jam the broadcasts, a large part of Eastern Europe can readily hear Peking's attempts to turn the East-bloc countries against their Soviet Big Brother. Meanwhile, even as the Chinese-controlled station denounces "the Soviet renegades" in eight Eastern European languages, the Russians are steadily building up their own presence throughout Asia, an area that China regards as its own sphere of influence...
China's efforts in Eastern Europe and those of Russia in Asia are part of a global Sino-Soviet competition that has gained new impetus and urgency because of the firefights on the Ussuri River border. Though the Soviets claim they have evacuated the disputed island in the Ussuri and have called for a negotiated settlement of the issue, the competition continues. The immediate aim of both sides is to recruit supporters for the world meeting of Communist parties, now scheduled for June 5 in Moscow. The long-range objective is to gain a strong foothold in the adversary...
Philosophy of Bullies. Until a short time ago, the Chinese lumped together the Eastern Europeans and the Soviets as unpardonable revisionists. Now, siding wholeheartedly with the Eastern Europeans, Peking condemns the Russians for their political and economic domination of the East bloc. Bemoaning the fate of Czechoslovakia, Chinese propagandists attack the Brezhnev policy of limited sovereignty for socialist countries as "a philosophy of bullies...
...Eastern Europeans, China holds out the promise of increased trade. A Yugoslav economic mission has just concluded a small trade agreement in Peking, and East-bloc countries are expected to be invited to do likewise. The East Europeans, of course, are far too realistic to think that China can replace Soviet influence in Europe. Yet many of them welcome the new Chinese approach because it gives them additional leverage against the Soviets...
Cahalan, captain-elect and Eastern champion in the 50-free, turned in a 21.79 clocking in the preliminaries. The slowest qualifier finished in 21.70. "I was a little disappointed," the Crimson sophomore said last night. "I had a not-too-great start and a not-too-great turn," Cahalan explained. His best previous time was 21.6, recorded at the Eastern Seaboards...