Word: phrased
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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There is something curious about the phrase "peace offensive." Something curious and something ominous. Strictly speaking, it has been used to suggest that various Russian and Russian-in-spired statements which seem to be peacefully inclined are actually nothing of the sort. Instead, the words "peace offensive" indicate, these statements are snares for the unsophisticated and delusions for the unenlightened, serving only propaganda purposes, and having no resemblance to a genuine effort to come to some sort of general settlement...
That is the strict interpretation of the phrase. Whether or not it is justified by facts is difficult to say, chiefly because there aren't any that can be used. The lack of conciliatory Russian actions in the UN is supposed to be a useful fact, but it proves very little so far as this particular issue is concerned. It does show that Premier Stalin's statement to the press was not necessarily made in good faith; but it does not show that the statement was necessarily and beyond the shadow of a doubt made in bad faith. It would...
...moment of silence was shattered by protests from Kuomintang right-wingers, some of whom, like Chiang and Li, were on the Communist war criminal list. They objected to the use of "yin tut" (voluntary retirement), a classical Chinese phrase used by retiring officials leaving active duty for good. He could vacation; he could take a leave of absence; President Chiang Kai-shek should not "yin tui." But the Gimo was adamant; his statement would stand...
When Hidalgo is murdered, Harmon issues a statement placing responsibility on the local government, though he knows it will mean instant dismissal from the mission. He remembers Hidalgo's words: "In bullfighting, William, they have a marvelous phrase for describing the climax of the ceremony-that ultimate moment of reality when the sword strikes the bull. 'La hora de verdad-the hour of truth.' A man must not waste away into nothing, William; a man must find his hour of truth." Having faced his hour, Harmon now feels that he can return to his family and find...
...Smith's frequent use of the phrase "off the record" gave a new boost to an old, and often helpful, journalistic practice. It permitted top Government officials to let down their hair before the press -without getting into trouble in the process. By giving a frank-and unquotable-explanation of the background behind official actions, bigwigs had often helped reporters do a better job of interpreting the news. But the handy phrase has long since gotten out of hand. Last week Managing Editor Norman E. Isaacs of the St. Louis Star-Times charged that editors who persisted in kowtowing...