Word: foreign
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...spoke this week as the Foreign Ministers of twelve nations gathered in Washington to sign the North Atlantic Treaty. The greatest network of short-wave stations in history beamed the ceremony in 43 languages to the world. The pact is a simple document, the President continued, "but if it had existed in 1914 and in 1939, supported by the nations which are represented here today, I believe it would have prevented the acts of aggression which led to two world wars...
...justified in calling attention to the achievement of the past two years, but the picture he drew was both exaggerated and incomplete. In Germany the Western nations had blocked open Communist thrusts, but they had not even begun to build a firm structure to withstand future Communist efforts (see FOREIGN NEWS). Progress in Italy and France had been marked; but neither nation was out of the woods, politically or economically...
...case of Molotov's replacement by Vishinsky as Foreign Minister, it seemed extremely unlikely that Bulganin's "relief from duty" was a demotion. Like Molotov, Bulganin remained a member of the all-powerful Politburo. It was possible that he had been moved up, either to an inner advisory group on the Politburo, or to the Central Committee's Military Department, the Communist Party's hidden organ which controls the Ministry of Armed Forces. One trend was clear: all but one (Minister of Light Industry A. N. Kosygin) of the Politburo's 13 members have been...
...Moscow, Foo Ping-sheung, China's ambassador to Russia, pondered a telegram last week. It announced his appointment as Premier Ho Ying-chin's new foreign minister. Asked if he would accept, Foo said: "Wouldn't it be like jumping into the fire? ... I think people live longer in New Zealand...
...only did Hamlet become the first foreign movie ever to capture the big prize, but its title-role performance by Sir Laurence Olivier was judged the best by an actor in 1948. Olivier's Hamlet also cinched the distinction of being the year's most laureled picture by winning three other Oscars: black & white art direction, set decoration and costume design. Another Rank film, The Red Shoes, took three more technical honors, for its sets and art direction in color, and musical score...