Word: redness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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This week the U.S. seemed inclined to go a long way toward the support of nationalism in Southeast Asia-provided it was not of the Red variety. But the U.S. was dubious of Nehru's Third Force position, his pan-Asiatic leanings, his inclination to see the U.S. and Russia as equally bad imperialist powers. In Washington's view, the problem was to persuade Jawaharlal Nehru that there was only one aggressive power design in the world-the Communist-and everybody else was in the same non-Communist boat...
Please Applaud. In Tokyo's shiny new sports center, a crowd of 10,000 thronged to join the hallelujah chorus. Before a papier-mãché globe surmounted by doves, black-robed Shinto priests in formal vestments, shaved Buddhists in red, blue and saffron robes, turbaned Moslems and black-clad Japanese Episcopal ministers stood rigidly in silent prayer for peace...
...mostly about Lawyer Perry Mason), landed in Manhattan after a visit to England, with an expert's explanation of Britain's low crime rate: "Respect for the law. Over here, it's kind of a game ... If you think you can get away with passing a red light, you will. The British don't look at it that...
Communist Boss Mao Tse-tung last week cut off news from Red China to U.S. and other Western papers. In Shanghai, his Alien Affairs Bureau ordered all correspondents, except those representing publications in countries which had recognized the new regime (i.e., Russia, its satellites and Yugoslavia), to stop filing cables. That left Hong Kong and Canton as the only major news centers in China still open to U.S. newsmen. Protested the U.S. State Department: "A crude effort on the part of the Chinese Communists to force recognition...
...Sleeping Beauty. There was one Russian dancer: Violetta Elvin, but she is married to a Briton who brought her out of Moscow after World War II. The two stars with the brightest shine were born in Surrey and Fifeshire: dark-haired Margot Fonteyn (TIME, April 15, 1946) and red-haired Moira (The Red Shoes) Shearer. The leading male dancer, Robert Helpmann, is somewhat of a foreigner-from Australia. Chief Choreographer Frederick (Cinderella, Facade) Ashton was born in Ecuador of British parents. Some of the ballets had unmistakably British subjects, among them The Rake's Progress (De Valois) and Hamlet...