Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wouldn't dream of answering that one," says perennial professorial favorite Donald H. Fleming, Trumbull Professor of American History. Fleming, who teaches courses on European and American intellectual history, is known among students for both his interesting voice inflection and what students often refer to as the "charm" of his lectures...
...leaders of the East European nations formally allied with Moscow, however, Gorbachev's message is clear enough: Toe the line. Todor Zhivkov of Bulgaria last year had scheduled a trip to Western Europe in the interest of fostering closer relations with non-Communist countries. He abruptly canceled those plans after Gorbachev, acting for the ailing Chernenko, hurriedly visited the Bulgarian capital, Sofia, in December to confer with Zhivkov and, presumably, communicate Soviet displeasure. In dealing with the West, and the U.S. specifically, Gorbachev has not altered the line pursued by his predecessors in any substantive way. He has, however, taken...
...this week. That move followed a disastrous drop in the value of the South African rand, which was worth $1.29 in 1980, 80 cents in early 1984, and last week hit an all-time low of 35 cents. Another critical factor has been the refusal of many American and European banks to renew loans to South African borrowers. Last week the governor of South Africa's central bank, Gerhard de Kock, flew to Europe and the U.S. to try to convince bankers that South Africa remains a sound investment. But his efforts were made more difficult by the crescendo...
...smooth performer in public and a skillful articulator of the Kremlin line. Like the new man in charge, Soviet propaganda has become subtler and more adroit. A recent example: the slick 56- page pamphlet "Star Wars: Delusions and Dangers" that appeared last month throughout Washington and European capitals, translated into English, French, Spanish and German. Western correspondents are now invited to question urbane Soviet spokesmen at on-the-record press conferences. At a briefing at the Soviet embassy in Bonn last month, the Soviets served trays of caviar canapes along with the rhetoric...
Wick is particularly eager to reach West European youth, whom he regards as ) dangerously "neutralist," in part because they lack a memory of the U.S. Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War II. Frets Wick: "They don't have the indissoluble link with their blood brothers fighting totalitarianism...