Word: purgee
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Bloodiest victim of the purge was Baltimore's Mayor Tommy D'Alesandro, who as national committeeman wielded the most power in a power-weak, faction-racked state organization. As the kingmaker who nudged Tydings into the race with Mahoney, D'Alesandro was booted out as committeeman, spanked...
Khrushchev said that a party commission had made a study of the 1937-38 purge of the Central Committee: "It was determined that of the 139 members and candidates of the party's Central Committee who were elected at the 17th
By 1939 the Union of Soviet Writers was a well-drilled literary claque which dutifully applauded Stalin's deal with Hitler and praised his "military genius" when the Germans drove to the outskirts of Moscow. The union helped whip up enthusiasm for the "patriotic war," and Fadeyev himself produced...
Scheduled to teach Soviet politics for the Government department is Zbigniew K. Brezezinski, the author of The Permanent Purge, a study of Russian political tactics.
The Last Roundup. Several weeks ago the Sultan started his final tour-through the Temerloh district in central Pahang, where Communists were still active. Dressed in Bermuda shorts and bright sports shirt, he was greeted by idolizing and contrite villagers. They cried: "Ampun, Tuanku, beribu beribu ampun" (Forgiveness, Your Highness...