Word: shriller
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Official Moscow noisily protested the U.S. bombings, and its anger almost certainly came in part because Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin happened to be visiting Hanoi at the time (see THE WORLD). Peking was even shriller. The Chinese warned that they "absolutely will not stand idly by" and that "we are waiting for you in battle array." After a close reading of the Communist complaints, Washington experts concluded that what Russia and China said did not threaten drastic action. North of the 17th parallel, U.S. intelligence sources noted no unusual signs of activity, either in Hanoi...
...ideological row between Moscow and Peking grew shriller last week than any dispute ever overheard between states claiming to live in Marxist unity and solidarity. The comrades were not arguing about trivialities: the Chinese want Communism fast and by brute force; the Russians, having built up their industrial and armed might, want to proceed a bit cautiously...