Word: obstructionism
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In the war-torn Yellow River valley, "China's Sorrow" threatened to burst the dikes held by both armies. The alarmed Red radio mixed propaganda with its pleading: "It is impossible to complete dike repair work because of constant Nationalist raids . . . We request Nationalist troops and air forces to...
Despite much of this sort of discipline, embarkation was a staggering problem. Boats rowed into the darkness and were never seen again. In the heavy ground swell, towropes parted and snapped like whips. Propellers came to a dead stop, fouled by wire, wreckage and "human obstruction" (corpses).
Then Sneath switched. He wrote to the London Daily Worker: "I am endeavoring to institute the compulsory study of Russian in this school, but have been met with every form of obstruction . . ." Somberly, the Worker published the letter as an example of growing anti-Soviet feeling. London's less...
In Düsseldorf, General Sir Brian Robertson, Britain's commander in Germany, addressed himself to the North Rhine-Westphalia Parliament. Cried he: "Come forward determined to make the best of the largest part of your country. . . ." For the foreseeable future, Russian obstruction had made one Germany impossible. On...
One stage had ended just a week after Bob Lovett was first approached last March for the Under Secretary's job. Those were the bewildering days of false hopes and gradual disillusion in the face of Russian obstruction. This short and costly era was ended somewhat hysterically by the...