Word: publicizer
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Stopped cold, Van Zeeland stepped out. Regent Charles next asked a less ardent Leopoldist Catholic, Frans van Cauwelaert, to sound out the parties. This time the Socialists cautiously thought they might accept if certain stiff conditions were met: 1) a public statement of charges against the King and his defense; 2) requirement of a 70-75% majority in the plebiscite before the King could return; 3) if the King fails of this majority, he must abdicate...
Horrified Japanese blamed Red agitation for inspiring the murder. Communist leaders backtracked, delayed strike and slowdown plans on all fronts. Sharp public indignation and the threat of a showdown with either SCAP or the government did not fit into the plans of dapper, greying Communist Strategist Sanzo Nozaka...
...tung has been even more effective. With Japan's recovery vitally dependent on China trade, certain businessmen have seen fit to invite Red leaders to Tokyo's swank Industry Club. Osaka manufacturers have formed a Marxist study group and are contributing to party coffers. Out in public, Communist orators shout that China shows Asia's "wave of the future." Party organ Akahata, riding the wave, claims that China trade would gain Japan commercial independence (from the U.S.) and would help overthrow the Yoshida government...
...Washington, the House voted to strike off a gold medal in honor of Vice President Alben W. Berkley. The Government would keep the medal, but Barkley, along with the public, would get a chance to buy bronze duplicates...
...Claude Heman Barlow, 72, one of the world's leading authorities on schistosomiasis, had collected the snails in Egypt's labyrinthine irrigation ditches. An expert in Egypt's ministry of public health, he deliberately caught the disease in 1944 during experiments to protect the U.S. against infestation by returning servicemen. The only effective cure for him was injections of tartar emetic, which left him nauseated for eight months...