Word: respecters
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...short-fused peace in Korea, its seemingly unwinnable war in Indo-China, and its tendency to fear a dying colonialism more than an expansive Communism, remained the hot battlefield of the cold war. Appropriately, it had not one Man of the Year but three-men diverse in almost every respect: Jawaharlal Nehru, the exasperating high priest of neutralism; Ramon Magsaysay, the young and dynamic, U.S.-loving man of action who became President of the Philippines; wrinkled old Syngman Rhee of Korea, the angry ally of the West. Syngman Rhee's intractability towards his allies, and his ruthless quelling...
...billion in U.S. aid to Germany. There was the privilege of concentrating on building industries and markets while West Germany's conquerors bent to the ordeal of arming themselves. There were the uprisings in East Germany. Above all, there was the happy combination of energy, ambition, and respect for work which distinguishes the German...
...Foreign Minister Robert Schuman: "In a democracy without authority, everything goes adrift: Parliament, government, administration. We no longer respect each other enough to recognize the superiority of others. We know not how to command nor to obey...
...should like . . . to thank President Eisenhower for the initiative he has taken this week with respect to atomic materials and for his forthright reaffirmation of our desire for peaceful . . . relations with the Russian people," he said. But, Stevenson went on, "while he speaks of unity his colleagues sow disunity. While he calls for calm his friends light the fires of hysteria . . . Where are [Franklin Roosevelt's Four Freedoms] today? Who speaks for them...
...wars and fear of bigger wars. If it worsens, 1960 may find the ADA hauled before the Subversive Activities Control Board. If so, it will have fought the good fight, and lost. But if tensions ease, and hatreds and suspicions with them, the ADA will regain some public respect, and can pride itself on having weathered the storm without sacrificing either its existence or its principles...