Word: faction
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Happy. Most of Slansky's co-defendants were members of his faction, appointed by him to various jobs in the government or party. But not Vladimir Clementis, a deadly enemy. In 1949, Clementis was representing his country at the U.N. in New York when he heard the first rumblings from home that Slansky had the knife out. On U.S. soil, Clementis felt safe. But President Gottwald sent Clementis' wife to New York to reassure him that he could safely come home. Clementis returned to Prague, and then found that Gottwald could not or would not shield...
...Abyss. Underneath the ugly sputterings of antiSemitism, the real motive force of the trial seemed to be the factional war between Gottwald and Slansky which has been waged for years. The U.S. State Department theorized that Moscow had been determined to smash one faction or the other to keep the Czech party malleable. But why Slansky instead of Gottwald? Gottwald had long been known as a nationalist first and a Communist second, whereas Slansky had always been the pure type of international Muscovite, without a trace of state allegiance. The only explanation was that at the moment, in the most...
...least interesting of the fried post-mortems of 1952 is the reminder of an old and growing defect of the U.S. political system. Where party discipline is almost nonexistent, the leadership of the opposition cannot be institutionalized. Governor Stevenson, a man without an organized personal faction, shortly (Jan. 12) to be without office and without patronage, may exercise genuine leadership of his party by the sheer power of tongue and pen. But if he does, Stevenson will be the first American who ever managed...
...early as 10:30 last night, with only fragmentary votes recorded, the GOP faction was already completely confined of victory. Gather around two television sets at either end of the ballroom, the Eisenhower supporters cheered wildly as the General piled up big leads in state after state...
This is during the campaign. But on election day such editorials are out of place. They are unwarranted impositions on the voter who is already surfeited with faction and needs instead a few quiet minutes to make his final decisions. At this time, a twenty-one gun editorial in the morning paper is like a loudspeaker in the voting booth and is not to be tolerated...