Word: questions
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...metal case of the set in question was bulged, and the contents shattered beyond use or identification, but it was no molten mass. Surely, if the bomb was as powerful as described, it would have been a fire hazard in the event of such an accident as I figured...
Whether Stalin can contain Titoism within its present manageable proportions, or whether it will widen into an irreparable schism, is a question for the best Russian brains. But Titoism has already achieved one thing-it has exploded the theory that communism, if it came to power, could bring the world unity and peace. For that, at least, loudmouthed Dictator Tito deserved the West's gratitude. As one American observer in Europe put it last week: "The time is surely come when the West should stop thinking of communism as a block which might splinter but can never crack...
Defensive Russians. Waiting for U.N. action were these major issues: the proposed admission to U.N. of Israel; the question of diplomatic relations with Franco Spain*; the Dutch-Indonesian dispute; and the disposition of the former Italian colonies. In the Political Committee, the Russians promptly made a grab for partial control of the Italian colonies. The U.S. (backed by Britain) wanted to give part of Eritrea to Ethiopia, proposed giving Britain U.N. trusteeship over Cyrenaica, and Italy trusteeship over Italian Somaliland. The U.S. and Britain, rasped Russia's Andrei Gromyko, were trying to divide up the colonies "as if they...
...Australia and Bolivia jointly proposed an investigation into the question of human rights in Hungary and Bulgaria, including the trial and sentence of Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty...
Previously in the meeting, the ADA adopted a policy of complete academic freedom for teachers. This question was also supported by the HLU. "Should communists be allowed to teach?" was the basic problem, and when the policy was finally set it averred that teachers should be judged solely on academic ability, that they should be completely free in other connections, and that they should bear no guilt through their associations...