Word: segments
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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RARELY does a work of historical scholarship dealing with a small and relatively unknown segment of international relations become an exciting personal drama for the reader. Richard Ullman's Intervention and the War, a history of Anglo-Soviet relations from November 1917 to November 1918, is such a drama--one whose characters include British diplomats, Japanese generals, Czech troops and Bolshevik leaders. Its setting stretches from London to Tokyo, from Archangel to Baku...
...Ullman performs a vital service to historical scholarship by providing a companion volume to George Kennan's two-volume work on Soviet-American Relations 1917-1920. Valuable to the scholar, Intervention and the War is also stimulating reading for anyone even slightly interested in this vital segment of modern history...
Without once mentioning the S.A.O. by name, De Gaulle made a scathing attack upon it. He poured scorn on "unworthy Frenchmen launched into subversive and criminal activities" who were "exploiting and aggravating the anxiety of a segment of the population of European origin, the nostalgia of certain elements of the army, the rancor and the ambition of several military leaders or available politicians." They would fail, cried De Gaulle, because "the nation itself unanimously scorns and condemns these people, their conspiracies and their attacks...
Those who apply to a particular college usually represent a very limited segment of the country, which finds the image of that college's graduates an attractive model. This is "pre-selection", which limits the material from which an admissions office can choose. A century ago, it presented Harvard with the scions of prominent families, who were almost certain to succeed; today it attracts the intellectually active, highly motivated, socially mobile public school graduate as well as the more traditional group. The prestige of the degree is a large portion of Harvard's function as a social escalator...
...pies on opening night, mostly directed at a dear old lady hobbling on a stick. But to make sure the show was boffo in the ratings race, Sinatra himself turned up. Knowing what was coming, Frankie had prudently dispensed with his toupee, leaving him barely recognizable to a large segment of his fans. Gallantly, on cue-schlopp-he took a pie in the face. Last week, following the leader, Clansman Tony Curtis showed up to get creamed...