Word: neutralization
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although Thomas is carefully neutral and steers clear of philosophical or general notions, he illuminates the quasi-religious nature of the whole struggle. In a sense, "the Church, which was to suffer so much in consequence, had paradoxically prepared the way" for revolution through its communalism and "its puritan hostility to competitive instinct.'' Adds Thomas: "The religious character of Spain also made converts to the new collectivism, as it had made the liberals more passionate, less ready to compromise, more obstinate than any other similar group in Europe...
...test-ban talks, Russia's Semyon ("Scratchy") Tsarapkin was candid: "We are never again going to be caught with a neutral as we were at the U.N." And there the Russian horse sat, on its haunches...
Best expression of Khrushchev's current mood-amiable but implacable-is his new troika tactic. Deceptively attractive, the troika seems to promise something for everyone: a committee of three (one Communist, one Westerner, one neutral) to take over every major world problem. Why not? smiled Soviet Delegate Georgy Pushkin to the U.S.'s Averell Harriman at the Laos peace talks last week. "Troika means three beautiful horses moving smoothly in stride, pulling a sled." The catch is that the three must be unanimous, thus guaranteeing the Russians a veto at every step...
Surprisingly few neutral nations have been taken in. They have seen enough of the Russian veto technique to realize that it could paralyze the very international bodies in which they put their trust...
Back a Better Man. Some observers ventured beyond such neutral ground, with cautious kudos for the presidential stance in the international batting box. The Vienna meeting, said the Boston Traveler, "has done much to raise American prestige abroad, to strengthen the Western Alliance, and probably to jolt Premier Khrushchev into a sober reassessment of our determination to defend freedom." Columnist Walter Lippmann, a man who has had two private audiences with Khrushchev and upholds the principle of "accommodation" in dealing with the Reds (TIME, Dec. 22, 1958), termed Vienna "significant and important because it marked the re-establishment of full...