Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...visiting Americans and their hosts engaged in good-natured sparring throughout the week. Spotting Jeane Kirkpatrick, who was Reagan's outspoken United Nations Ambassador until 1985, a top Soviet propaganda official boomed: "You have said very many critical things about us. Let us discuss them." Gorbachev was courtly with General David Jones, a retired Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, declaring that "I very often quote from your remarks." The Soviet leader had a barbed compliment for Kissinger, the architect of the Nixon Administration's policy of U.S.-Soviet detente. Said he: "You are the author of many interesting...
...guys have heard of Reverend Moon, haven't you?"--and the Moonie monologue began. Two hours later, after an intensive course in geopolitical religious propaganda, Dave, Nate, Kevin and I were safely back in Mother Harvard's peaceful atmosphere of suspended legality and religious isolation...
...asked him why they would have done that. He smiled at my naivete and said, "Because our people wanted to take advantage of the situation, and your people took the bait. Because of Viet Nam, our standing has begun to diminish both at home and abroad. We needed a propaganda counterweight." The cynical logic of this was shattering. There is more to this story, but the time has not come to tell it. I am parting the curtain on this episode for the first time in 21 years...
Still two weeks away from its telecast, Amerika has incited what may be the biggest avalanche of protest against any program in TV history. Moscow has denounced it as dangerous propaganda, liberal groups have complained that it will fuel anti-Soviet sentiment, and the United Nations is upset that the movie portrays its troops as ruthless marauders. Critics have raced into print with condemnations of the still unfinished movie, many of them based only on bootleg scripts or a 90-minute presentation tape. Last week the protesters scored a major victory: Chrysler Corp., the show's largest advertiser, announced that...
...protectors of the institution have offices in the Yard and hold various administrative titles. The protectors see to it that the grass stays green. They issue propaganda and raise money. They open wide Harvard's gates to tourists, visitors and prospective contributors; they close them tight to instruders, rebels and government officials. The philosophy of the protectors is an organic one: each and every member of the community assumes his or her natural, predefined task. Students take courses. Professors lecture and write books. Alumni visit for reunions and anniversaries. Protectors are to insure that nothing disrupts these traditional roles...