Word: kadar
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...cold rain fell from early morning. Premier Janos Kadar had warned that any attempt to commemorate Hungary's brief interlude of freedom would be "smashed with an iron fist." Armed police, soldiers and goon-squad "workers' militia" patrolled street, school and factory...
...were the well-drilled children of the Young Pioneers, paratroopers, government workers with flowers in hand. Overhead roared Soviet-made jet bombers and Chinese-made jet fighters. Also on hand were goodwill delegations from Burma and Cambodia, Bulgaria's Premier Anton Yugov, and Hungary's Premier Janos Kadar...
...Kadar's presence was an unnecessary reminder that Red China had its own problem of unrest. Last week there was little talk of "liberating" Formosa. Instead, speaker after speaker bragged of the triumph over internal enemies. Attacks on the Red regime "have been smashed by the people in all parts of the country." crowed Defense Minister Marshal Peng Teh-huai...
...survivors of the revolution maintain a grim sense of humor. "Have you heard that the new Hungarian calendar has only eleven months?" asks the first Hungarian. "Yes," replies the second. "Premier Kadar has eliminated October...
Just in case Kadar has not succeeded, the regime has launched a new wave of arrests to head off any threat of trouble on the Oct. 23 anniversary of Hungary's rebellion...