Word: idea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...World government," he summed up, "is not a part of the picture I paint. Such a government has inherent defects similar to those of disarmament agreements. This idea of peace under law can grow out of the enlarged use of law by the world community and does not require any 'super' or other world legislative body...
...launch this plan-unlike a disarmament agreement-we do not need Russia, nor do we trust her word. She can hurt only herself by her failure to cooperate. Here only actions would count, and all could evaluate those as we go along developing peace under law. An idea can be more powerful than any atom...
...Nenni's red-tinged Italian Socialist Party, proclaimed that the executions "bring us back in full bloom" to the era of Stalinism. Burma's Premier U Nu called them "a horrible act." The Indonesian Socialist daily Pedoman drew a local moral: "We cannot fool around with the idea of cooperation with the Reds." In India, where Nehru's equivocation blunted the impact of the revolt itself, there was almost unanimous condemnation of Moscow. Said one influential Indian in unwonted tribute to a man most Indians regard as a stumbling block to peace: "The Nagy execution obviously justifies...
Until now the U.S. has been lukewarm to the idea of Pan American summit talks. Washington would prefer a meeting of foreign ministers for hard conference work, topping that meeting off with a symbolic gathering of Presidents afterward. The U.S. view is widely understood; Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Jose Carlos de Macedo Soares resigned last week in protest over Kubitschek's call for presidential talks...
...certain what "good taste" is, and the furniture industry has done little to help her learn. In choosing furniture, the American woman "must do credit to her husband's taste in 'wife choosing.' She is proving herself in a completely visible way, and she finds the idea frightening." Concludes Kroehler: "The American consumer approaches the purchase of furniture much as she approaches a visit to the dentist. She must go sooner or later and will probably feel better afterward, but it is such an agonizing experience that maybe it could be put off for a few weeks...