Word: matter
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Politburo meeting, he contradicted Stalin on a minor matter. The Leader suddenly (and for the first time on such an occasion) let go with several frightening Georgian curses. Dzerzhinsky suffered an apoplectic stroke and died. The Soviet press always refers to him as "Fearless Knight of the Revolution...
...Trans-Caucasia. Largely through fictitious evidence it disputed Leon Trotsky's charge that Stalin never amounted to much as a pre-revolutionary theorist. Beria's Stalin is always right, always on the Leninist beam, always out in front of "the toiling masses." Why did this crass flattery matter to Stalin, who was already the world's most powerful autocrat? Precisely because the Communist regime had struck no real social roots, it attached fantastic importance to nuances of "theory." The Communist victory had been made by ideas in the heads of a handful of men, plus overwhelming police...
Meanwhile Colombia, the conference host, had popped off and granted Somoza recognition. Most Latin American republics would probably soon follow Colombia's lead. If such a bandwagon started rolling, the U.S. might have to climb aboard, no matter whether it liked all the passengers...
...matter now rests with President Jordan, since his approval is necessary for the ratification of any charter...
...year age President Truman enunciated bluntly the growing threat of Russian expansion and won overwhelming support for a foreign policy molded to drive the Soviet Union into a limited sphere. Today it is a matter of fact that we have not succeeded in stopping the extension of Russian influence. Through the Communist parties which are its international agencies the Kremlin has exerted continually increasing power throughout Europe...