Word: furtherance
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Firm Stand. "If we are to be a great power," he said, "we must act as a great power. . . . Our diplomacy must not be negative and inert." The U.S. must stand firm on its own principles-and against any "unilateral gnawing away at the status quo"; any aggression "accomplished...
The chance to implement his brave new words lay embarrassingly close at hand. This week Iran asked the U.S. to protest Russia's action there. Russia's refusal to quit Azerbaijan (see FOREIGN NEWS) could well be interpreted as: 1) the "unilateral gnawing away of the status quo...
The armed might of the British Raj stood on the alert for further trouble. Although mutinous seamen returned to their duties, sympathy strikes broke out. Boiling India last week had cooled down to a simmer.
But even while Indian leaders were condemning the mutiny and riots, there were threats of further violence. Simmering India might soon boil again.
It now appears, however, that the Faculty's action has had quite the opposite effect. It seems to have been taken by opponents of tutorial as the go-ahead to out the system still further, while the absence of moves to revitalize the system is startling.