Word: exploiter
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...brought 800 million people under its sway (up from 190 million only a few years ago), the Soviet Union now hopes that "the free world-crowded back on its own defenses-may be led to fall into factions and prey upon itself." The Communists could be counted on to exploit this possibility to the hilt-by wooing and threatening America's allies away from their allegiance. In the U.S., the Reds will appeal to "every smoldering prejudice," warning "with sly insinuation against British imperialism and German neo-Naziism, against the resurgence of Japanese trading combines or France...
Reflecting the extreme nationalism now dominant in the country, the bill sets up the Brazilian Petroleum Corp. (Petrobrás) as a government monopoly operating under the supervision of the National Petroleum Council. Petrobrás will have the sole right to explore, exploit, refine and distribute the country's oil. The five U.S. and British companies now importing and distributing oil and byproducts may continue to do so. But aside from that, foreigners are out. The government will hold 51% or more of the monopoly's $500 million stock; no foreigners and no Brazilian married...
...typical situation which the Reds exploit masterfully: When the Russians moved into northern Iran in 1941, many Persian landlords fled, leaving the land to their Kurdish tenants. In 1946, when the Russians pulled out and the landlords returned, they demanded five years' back rent from tenants. The tenants had no choice but to sell, pawn, borrow and pay up. There are no more bitter people in Iran today. That is why a Westerner who has been in the area for 30 years says: "If the Russians came back tomorrow, 95% of the population would stand beside the road...
...labor politician, Murray will exploit his alliance with the Democratic Party. But as an ultimate goal, Murray does not claim control of the Democratic Party or of the Government. Any Administration that will foster what Murray and Fairless have in common has a lot more to offer both labor and management than the kind of violent White House partisanship that caused and prolonged the steel strike...
...Rome's Cine-città., Europe's biggest studio, and in smaller studios scattered from Turin to Palermo, Italy's 180 producers are shoot ing an alltime record of 120 films, ten more than last year. And for the first time they are ready to exploit the U.S. beach head opened by Open City into a big invasion of Hollywood's home market...