Word: khrushchevism
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Though the temporary moratorium on nuclear tests ended Dec. 31, President Eisenhower has made no decision on whether to resume the shots. The temptation is to wait for the summit meetings in May, just as the U.S. waited hopefully for Khrushchev's assurances on nuclear testing at Camp David last summer. But against a backdrop of 15 months of frustration, the great hopes of Geneva are fading fast. The danger is that the real Soviet objective at Geneva is to halt U.S. weapons progress, while giving nothing in return, thus in effect disarming the U.S. by talk. And that...
...days later, noises began to be heard indicating that all had not been so harmonious at Moscow after all. There were persistent reports from Eastern Europe that satellite countries had shown themselves reluctant at the meeting to follow Khrushchev's example and announce a cut in their armed forces. And from Peking came words from a speech delivered at the Moscow meeting by Chinese Observer Kang Sheng that was not mentioned at all, let alone published in Russia. At an earlier gathering of the clan in May 1958 it was announced that the sessions "in which an observer from...
...Russians wanted to play down' disagreements, Peking plainly wanted to play them up-and perhaps to be seen challenging Russia within the Communist bloc on these important issues. Some British experts guess that this challenge in part impelled Khrushchev to come down so firmly on the Berlin issue. Whatever the reason, it served to make the prospect of any Berlin settlement at the summit that much harder, since it freezes Russia to positions that the West cannot accept...
...true." The U.S. has been "needling that guy from the very beginning," said Paar on the air, "and I really thought it was unfair." When Hearst Columnist Dorothy Kilgallen rapped Paar, he replied that Kilgallen had been in poor international taste in calling attention to the thickness of Mrs. Khrushchev's ankles, claimed that for his part he had kept guests on his show from "making remarks about your appearance-that you have no chin...
...where "massive" integration of the public school system began in 1954, Negroes now make up this percentage of the student body: a) 50%. b) 26%. c) 76%. d) 10%. 59. In the Soviet Union, the educational system is pushing toward-but is far from-a goal set by Khrushchev to have all children...