Word: establish
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Stalin himself had to establish his rule during years of bloody struggle and, in a sense, the struggle never ended; the latest major Soviet purge took place only a few months before he died. Masters who rule a people by fear are doomed to fear themselves. In this respect, Stalin's regime was never secure, nor can Malenkov...
Russia's top leaders probably now have a feeling that they must hang together lest they hang separately. That feeling could last months or years. Yet Malenkov will have to purge, if only to show and prove his power. Malenkov may establish himself as Stalin II; it is also possible that a new Stalin may emerge from relative obscurity. If a struggle is inevitable, there are no signs...
...From tours last year, his troupes grossed close to $1,000,000. Granz's business philosophy: "If I didn't make $100,000 take-home pay a year, I'd quit." But his current European tour, like last year's, is to "establish 'Jazz at the Philharmonic,' not make money-not right...
...seem to disregard entirely the chief difference between the present system and the former. Instead of writing papers exclusively, or almost exclusively, for a separate course in composition, the Freshman now divides his writing between a composition course and his other courses. The aim is to establish a closer relation than existed previously between a student's writing and the subject matter of his general courses. The merits of this policy may perhaps be debated, but your position is ambiguous. You criticize General Education A on the ground that the papers are generally unrelated to the rest of the student...
...planned to extend the President's term from four to six years and give him dictatorial emergency powers, tie could declare a state of siege, fire almost anybody from public or private jobs, quash impeachments and decree laws that the supreme court could not nullify. The constitution would establish the Roman Catholic Church as the state religion, permit Protestants to worship in their churches or other private places, but not to proselyte...