Word: mr
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...millions of people's peace-hungry minds, Mr. Khrushchev's offer to scrap all armies will look very tempting and reasonable indeed. But I can mention a number of fairly prominent countries where the abolition of the armed forces would mean an immediate and effortless take-over for the extremely well-organized Communistic minority. In such places as Argentina, Indonesia, Iraq, etc., the armies are just holding their own against the subversive forces of Communism, and should the hypothetical case of complete disarmament become a reality, Western countries such as France, Italy and Finland could fall without...
...distrust between this country's people and those of Russia (particularly her leaders) as any actual misdeeds by Russia may have been. You bring out Khrushchev's faults and choose to minimize or ignore the possibility of his sincerity. I am proud, and not afraid, to admire Mr. Khrushchev for what may well be genuine overtures in the direction of peace. I shall trust him. I shall not condemn him and slap him when he puts forth his hand in friendship...
Congratulations for the Sept. 28 cover. As I looked at Mr. Khrushchev's face framed by American scenes, I could only hope that the voice of America, so aptly illustrated by Artist Safran, was not jammed by our Russian visitor...
Applause for the leaders of A.F.L.-C.I.O. for their firm and knowledgeable stand in discussion with Mr. Khrushchev in San Francisco. Through that exchange of opinions, the lack of freedom for a working man in Russia stands out more strongly than ever...
...Mr. Plummer also directed, and his work is decent and creditable, if, as I suppose, his many miscastings were forced upon him. As the starcrossed longshoreman Eddie Carbone, Nick Smith is, among other disabilities, twenty years too young. Ruth Bolton Brand, Francesca Solano, Johnny Bell, and Stanley Young are also estimable but over parted in various ways. They get across a good deal of what is in the script, but View from the Bridge is not so stuffed with dramatic riches that any company can afford to let so much of it get away...