Word: expansionists
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...only serve their cause by adopting and repeating the name they have selected for their own expansionist empire. They call it the "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics," or "U.S.S.R." for short. This implies that it is a union of free peoples and is not limited to what we used to call Russia, but can spread to cover the world...
...West gives aid it will be feared for its imperialism; if it withholds aid it will be denounced for its indifference; if it establishes garrisons it will be attacked as expansionist; if it keeps its troops at home it assures success of aggression in Asia; if it expresses no political preferences it will be accused of siding with reaction and the status quo; if it supports progressive forces it will be condemned for intervention...
Died. Shigenori Togo, 67, Japanese career diplomat who became Foreign Minister seven weeks before the attack on Pearl Harbor; of a heart attack and internal ailments; in Tokyo. Tried as a war criminal in 1948, he insisted that he had opposed Premier Hideki Tojo's expansionist policies, but was sentenced to 20 years' imprisonment...