Word: lesson
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...most obvious lesson of Beria's arrest was probably the most useful: the Communist Party is not a legitimate government of Russia, and illegitimate governments cannot develop orderly succession of authority. Like gang bosses, the top men fight until one wins. Some specialists on Russian doings had recently convinced themselves that Stalin's death released a great democratic trend in the U.S.S.R., which accounted for the "soft" line in Russian foreign policy...
...young party members, built them up to temporary power and fame, as often knocked them down. Such a man was Georgy Malenkov-with a difference. More subtle than the others, possibly more intelligent, he learned how to wait, how to accept demotion and be silent ; learned, in fact, the lesson of Stalin's own ambitious, patient youth...
Without being sacrilegious, I wish that the speech that William Faulkner made at Wellesley [TIME, June 22] could be translated into every language in the world, as it carries a great lesson-in fact, so great, in my humble opinion, that I can see it as an extra page to be inserted in our Christian Bible...
...final judgment on whether it was all worthwhile depends upon its effect on both sides in decisions yet to be taken. If Korea has taught the Communists a lesson, if it has set back their timetable of conquest and roused free men against them, then a great good has been achieved. The other half of the verdict waits on the people of the U.S., for what has been gained by Korea could be undone, if Korean losses and a subsequent disillusionment persuade the U.S. to duck the next challenge...
...McNeill made no protest, though he has long flourished on the theory that he need give his fans nothing: no door prizes, no cash awards, no washing machines. The one time he violated the rule with a 1944 free offer of Breakfast Club membership cards taught him a lesson. More than 850,000 requests poured in, and people still turn up at the broadcasts proudly clutching tattered, nine-year-old cardboards. McNeill's hour-long show originates from the Terrace Casino of Chicago's Morrison Hotel, but 75% of his studio audience comes from outside the city...