Word: generalissimoing
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...brilliant focus before a pop-eyed world." He was Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia, Power of Trinity I, King of Kings, Elect of God, Light of the World, Conquering Lion of Judah. Man of 1936 was a woman-Wallis Warfield Simpson-and 1937's choice was a couple: Generalissimo and Mme. Chiang Kaishek...
...Asiatic mainland it was a year of tragedy for Chiang Kaishek, China's perennial man of the year. The Japs cut his country in two. The recall of General Joseph W. Stilwell brought down on the Generalissimo's head the most searing criticism he had ever suffered from the U.S. But he strove to put new vigor into his regime and his war effort. Neither Chiang nor China was beaten...
Last week over the Yenan radio Mao Tse-tung angrily spurned the Generalissimo's offer. Cried Mao: The Chungking Government is "defeatist . . . obstinate in holding to a one-party dictatorship." Recent parleys, he said, had not "attained the least result." China was still cleft...
...effect, T.V. last week was China's Premier-though his every action as chief of civilian and foreign affairs must have the Generalissimo's watchful approval. In the task of coordinating and streamlining government, stepping up production, promoting constitutional reform, healing the breach between political factions. T.V. would need every shred of his talent for administration, negotiation, compromise, and plain getting-things-done...
...latest demand for a coalition government. Chiang Kai-shek still shook his head; he was "still opposed, as the head of any independent nation must be, to an armed state within a state. But he had made a counteroffer. Its details not disclosed, Chungking said authoritatively that the Generalissimo's plan did not exclude Communist participation in the Government. If this meant what it seemed to mean, it was sensational news. Said T.V.: "If a settlement is not readied, it will not be because of lack of an honest desire on the part of the Government...