Word: obstructionism
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No one knew what the month of Yakov Malik's presidency of the Security Council would bring-willful obstruction, phony peace moves, or what. But the day before the Council was due to meet, he gave notice that first on the order of business would be the question of...
MacArthur has justified his stand by classifying the Communists with the Tojos and the war lords, with all "obstructionists to democracy." The general's broad classification tempts his critics to make an even broader one. Obstruction to democracy comes from the Communists, certainly; but the threat from Western stiflers of...
And in the last statement lies Agar's real assessment of the "price" of American union; the fact that we must sacrifice ideals for realities to stay alive and united. His book also shows that "obstruction, evasion, and well-nigh intolerable slowness" are also necessary concomitants of the American political...
At week's end the French strike situation eased; longshoremen were going back to work. Still, the Communists repeated their boast that French dock workers would not handle military shipments from the U.S. when they arrived. Any obstruction at the ports, the government warned in a radio broadcast, will...
¶ In foreign affairs there is no reason to expect Britain's voice to be weakened by the hairbreadth situation in the House of Commons. Bipartisan foreign policy is an old story in Britain. With both parties driving towards the center in domestic politics, a working foreign policy should...