Word: neutrality
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...where he accused Watkins of "cowardly conduct" for demanding that future questions be put in writing.) When McCarthy repeated his old charge that some of the Watkins Committee members were biased against him, Watkins had a quick answer: "The only time it would be possible to get a completely neutral person would be to select one who was deaf, dumb and blind, and was a moron to start with...
...barren land Red China conquered in 1950 over Nehru's public protest. They took Nehru round to a National Minority Institute where the Communists produced students from "40 border regions." The Communists explained that the students underwent training in "political ideology," then returned to South Asia's neutral frontiers as "teachers and leaders." Commented Jawaharlal Nehru, who had come hoping for a pledge of non-interference in other nations: "Very interesting...
...ring is not made of dust particles like the rings of Saturn; it consists of hydrogen whose atoms have been ionized, i.e., broken into protons and electrons. The ring as a whole is electrically neutral since the amounts of positive protons and negative electrons are about equal, but the protons (for complicated reasons connected with their greater mass) move faster. This makes the ring, in effect, a current of positive electricity flowing around the earth...
...gamble that the U.S. would do well to back. Pakistan is the U.S.'s most faithful friend in Southeast Asia, has defied India's displeasure to stand with the West against Communism. "I am not a neutral, personally or politically," Ali declared. "The neutral has no mind of his own. God gave us a mind, and we should use it to come to conclusions." Ali's conclusion was that the West's capital and Asia's resources could safely collaborate in a fruitful partnership involving neither a return to colonialism nor a threat...
Indians are quick to point out that their policy is neither passive neutrality nor isolationism, but rather, they say, "non-alignment." They point out that India has played crucial roles in both the Korean and Indo-Chinese truces, which brought peace to both sides. Even Nehru has said that India never intends to be neutral on questions of right and wrong. In short, Indian foreign policy rests on mediation and settlement of issues where possible, but more importantly, on a firm stand for what India believes to be right...