Word: neighborism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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From London arrived Norway's big, jovial, realistic Foreign Minister Trygve Lie (rhymes with me). His mission: 1) to sound out Russian intentions in Norway where the Red Army is fighting in the north; 2) to ask what Norway's new neighbor, Russia, expected in the way of Norwegian good neighborliness...
...stir as was caused in Tokyo by his remark that Japan is "an aggressor nation." Said the official Japanese Domei agency: The Japanese people were "surprised and offended." It added: "The Soviet Nation is a realistic country, so in all probability her foreign policy vis-à-vis her neighbor is not wholly immutable. . . . Consequently, it is the firm belief of the Japanese general public that Japan must also adopt a realistic policy that will conform with any new situation created by the Russians." What Japan feared was that Russia would sooner or later make...
...find itself in Argentina's shoes if it tries to get out of the U.S. sphere of influence or otherwise opposes the State Department. No one wants to prepare a scaffold on which he may be hanged." One diplomat quoted a Spanish proverb: "When you see your neighbor being shaved, prepare to lose your own whiskers...
...began, the polls showed Dewey trailing far behind. At Philadelphia, in his first speech, he made some boggles. But his voice was good-so good that gagsters referred to him as "Lowell Thomas E. Dewey," a shaft aimed at the coaching received from Radio Commentator Lowell Thomas, a Pawling neighbor...
...three main facts about U.S. diplomacy became clear last week. First, the U.S. is no longer sure of its policy, if it had one, towards Argentina, and as a result is handling it badly. Second, if the continued ill-treatment of Argentina is the present shape of the Good Neighbor policy, it is no longer supported with enthusiasm by other American republics. Third, the policy, or whatever it is, is getting nowhere...