Word: redness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...entire strength in Europe (three pentomic infantry divisions and two armored divisions, armed with M48 Patton tanks, atomic cannon. Honest John and Redstone missiles) would be outmatched against the 22 Russian divisions in East Germany (4,000 new T-54 tanks) and the 125,000 to 150.000 Red-impressed German militiamen. NATO's 21 combat-ready divisions, organized for defense, would not likely be committed to road-opening chores...
...landlocked island of Berlin could, under Red siege, be reached reliably only by air, as during the historic "Operation Vittles" airlift of 1948-49. And this time, thanks to lessons learned in the first Berlin blockade, the U.S. has a vastly expanded capacity and know-how in the airlifting business...
...Spit. In Rome teen-age students -most of them neo-Fascists-marched on the Austrian embassy and hurled stones at the riot police, who doused them with fire hoses and chased them down in red Jeeps. Going before the Chamber of Deputies to win a necessary vote of confidence for his new government, Italian Premier Antonio Segni attacked those who were making "political capital" of the South Tyrol issue, insisted that it is a "matter that concerns Italy alone." He was promptly voted into office by 333-248, the biggest majority that any Italian Premier, even De Gasperi...
...able to meet this ambitious target in 1959, it will take its place among the new miracles of People's China - alongside the 330-lb. sweet potato and a marvelous plant that allegedly grows tomatoes above ground and potatoes below. But of all the wonders boasted by Red China, none can beat the economic snafu created by Peking's planners in the past year...
...industrial management, too, Red China's rulers have underdone by overdoing. In 1958 Peking boasted that the nation's steel production had jumped 100% to a whopping (for Asia) 11 million tons. But late last month came a laconic announcement that construction of all new railway lines planned for 1959 would have to be postponed. The reason: a shortage of steel rails...