Word: fats
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...star of the show in Moscow, next to Stalin, was the fat, up-and-coming Georgy M. Malenkov, who made the principal birthday pronouncement. Western observers thought they detected in it the beginning of yet another of Russia's recurrent "peace offensives." Said Malenkov; "The Soviet Union considers the road of peaceful competition with capitalism as quite acceptable...
...Cogniot, envoys to last month's meeting of the Cominform (TIME, Dec. 12). They relayed orders for a drive against "titoism, Trotskyites and police spies." Said Duclos: "I was reminded of a reproach once uttered by our Comrade Jose Diaz (prewar Spanish Communist leader): 'You are too fat. Revolutions are not made with stomachs like yours...
...major move to take Austria; they are biding their time. With U.S. aid, Vienna has achieved a fitful glow of prosperity, which includes even the traditional rich blobs of Schlagobers (whipped cream) floating on Vienna's coffee. But what delighted Viennese stomachs most during the holiday season were fat geese and pungent salamis imported from Austria's Eastern European neighbors. The Russians are hoping that, when the U.S. ECAid ends in 1952, need to trade with Communist Eastern Europe will pull Austria inexorably into the Red sphere...