Word: russia
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...view of his youth and what he has been through, it is not surprising that Halla has come to some gloomy conclusions about Europe's future. War within three years, said Halla-and Russia would have "little difficulty" in overrunning Europe. But he felt certain that Russia would not win. He compared Russia with Germany on the eve of World War II and predicted: "Peace will never be gained with the Communists by peace methods...
...events of deepest portent reverberated in the news. One was the still undigested fact of Russia's atomic bomb. The other was the shutdown in coal and steel, foundations of the nation's industry and its economic wellbeing. But the U.S., which had often been accused of reacting too violently to disturbing news, seemed to be accepting both events with almost studied indifference...
They were just as confident that somehow or other the nation's defenses would be adequate to cope with Russia's bomb. Anyhow, that too was something to worry about later on; the possible personal consequences were hard to visualize. It took a while, especially in the heat of the baseball pennant races and the cool beauty of the early autumn, for the full meaning of either situation to sink...
...large wall panels, one showing a map of the U. S., the other Russia. The U. S. map was adorned with dollar-signed arrows reaching out in various directions. The Soviet map was surrounded with pictures of various weapons, indicating that U. S. money was being used to build up an armed ring around...
...certainly left-wing and just as certainly not a communist, a distinction which a number of people can't be bothered to make nowadays. In public speeches I have often heard him condemn the present dictatorship in Russia; I have also read an article in which he condemns the Atlantic Pact (International Journal, April '49; see also "Correspondence" in the July number.) He steers difficult course quite honestly and openly. To the right wing he's a commie; to the commies he's a "social fascist," whatever that means. To me, and, I should think, to most people he would...