Word: leninist
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Most analysts feel that the Soviets could accept a certain amount of pluralism in Poland as long as a strong party retained a firm grip on the reins. But therein lies another political hazard-for the Polish party itself seems bent on reversing Leninist orthodoxy. In a watershed decision two weeks ago, Party Boss Stanislaw Kania bowed to rank-and-file demands and announced that delegates to July's party congress would be elected by secret ballot from an unlimited list of candidates. Until now, most delegates were chosen by the party leadership according to the Leninist principle...
...they edge toward a decision in Poland, the Methuselahs of Moscow figure that they have not only the slogan of Marxist-Leninist internationalism on their side to justify an invasion, but 36 years of precedents as well. Many of these men, after all, have careers that stretch back to 1945 and the wartime Allied conference at Yalta, which established a Soviet sphere of influence in Eastern Europe. In Joseph Stalin's eyes, Poland was the most important part of that sphere because it is a buffer between Russia and Germany...
...frontespiece of the Spectator, for example, is a column written by editor R. Emmett Tyrell and titled "The Continuing Crisis," which diagnoses the grave illnesses of America by pointing to symptoms. This month, Tyrell dislikes Bill Walton ("tiresome proponent of New Age claptrap," "Marxist-Leninist thumper for health food"), liberation theologists, and the Washington press corps (who need a "manual on the fundamentals of courtesy"). There are signs of recovery, though; President Reagan has restored "dignity to realms where there recently had been mawkishness and amateurism unsurpassed in American history," and Secretary of State Alexander Haig has refused Soviet ambassador...
...remain basically optimistic. In an historic sense, we are witnessing the unraveling, if you will, of the greatest challenge to the world peace today, and that is the Marxist-Leninist movement. While one can take comfort from this historic reality, one must be increasingly alert...
When such a situation coincides with an unusual accumulation of military power by Marxist-Leninist states, the opportunities for miscalculation are increased rather than decreased. That is why there is an overriding need for this Administration and for the American people-and indeed, for all of those who share our values-to insure, in the near term, that we are willing to make the sacrifices necessary to maintain the military capabilities that we must have...