Word: regional
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...policy lessen U.S. support of the United Nations. By setting up new safeguards against the external Soviet threat, the U.S. hoped that the U.N. would be able to grapple more freely and more effectively than ever before with the region's internal problems, e.g., Israel v. the Arabs. And as for subversion, Dwight Eisenhower was already on the record that he would oppose the entry into the Middle East of any Soviet "volunteers...
...Buffalo) Division had seized control of Central Sumatra in a bloodless revolt. Organizer of the coup was Lieut. Colonel Ahmad Husein, an ex-guerrilla leader who was called "the Tiger of Central Sumatra" for his exploits against the Dutch during the revolution. Husein turned over titular authority of the region to 37-year-old Colonel Simbolon, a Dutch-educated Protestant who only a year ago was Mohammed Hatta's candidate for chief of staff. Simbolon announced that he would rule Central Sumatra independently until the central government " met "the people's demand for economic improvement...
...psychologically understandable process to account for the schizophrenic complex, I draw the conclusion that there might be a toxic cause. That is, a physiological change has taken place because the brain cells were subjected to emotional stress beyond their capacity ... I suggest that here is an almost unexplored region, ready for pioneering research work...
Whittlesey was the only professor of Geography at Harvard. He taught courses in political geography, geography of the Boston region, and geography of Africa...
...years, it does get in some splendid and appropriate thrusts at the blessings of hymn-singing religion. Fortunately, also, the lasting success of the film rests less on its satire than on some first-rate performances and photography. Ford's cameras concentrate on the poverty and squalor of the region. But in a few shots such as one of a fence outlined against the sky, the countryside is transformed and becomes almost beautiful...