Word: proclaimer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Attack. The U.S., he said, must take the offensive against Russia. "It is a role which, in my opinion, we cannot escape . . ." he declared. "We should first get ready to ward off any possible attack and ... we should boldly proclaim our undeniable objective to be a world at peace. To have peace we should be willing to pay, and declare our intention to pay, any price-even the price of instituting a war to compel cooperation for peace...
...York Times, "reflected a belief, which now seems impossibly naive, that by appealing to reason and sentiment war might be forever halted. [But] the rulers of Russia have demonstrated that the gentle hopes of 1950 are as naive as they were in 1935. Invading, killing, destroying, they proclaim with monstrous cynicism that they are the supporters of world-wide peace. Their adherents in this country wave peace pledges and petitions while Communist guns are killing American soldiers. It is to balk these double-tongued gentlemen, with whatever small means are at my disposal, that I have withdrawn my play...
...Hanoi it was the hour of the siesta. A Chinese soup vendor beat a hollow stick on a block of wood, click-clack-click, to proclaim his wares. Beyond the lake, in the pagoda of the Seven Crows, a wizened old man in a black robe bent in prayer before a dim effigy of the great Buddha. On the deserted curb five tattered Vietnamese newsboys were playing "to'," an Eastern version of craps...
...division between Roman Catholics and other Christians was widened last week-by a split hair's breadth. A secret consistory was called to meet in Rome Oct. 30 to hear the Pope proclaim as official Roman Catholic dogma that the Virgin Mary was taken bodily into heaven at her death. The decision drew a prompt and strongly worded attack from the Church of England...
...bill would compel Communist groups in the U.S. to proclaim themselves treasonous enterprises of a foreign power (the obvious alternative would be to go underground). It would require registration of the Communist Party and all its members, and of Communist-front organizations and their officers. It would bar Communists from Government jobs, make it a crime for them even to "make application" for passports. Organizations declared to be party-line would have to label their mail "Disseminated by -, a Communist organization." A member of a Communist outfit would be subject to imprisonment and fines if the organization refused to register...