Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Brzezinski, an assistant professor of Government, journeyed through all parts of Poland from the beginning of June to mid-July on a Social Science Research grant. After an absence of 19 years from his native country, he was most impressed by strong popular hate and contempt for Russia. He said that although this was prevalent among the people, the government was dependent on the Soviet Union and felt that it had closer ties with it than with the West...
...Bushmen are one of the few social groups in the world today showing little sign of contact with higher civilization. It is feared, however, that the distinctiveness of their culture will soon be lost, as they come into increasing contact with surrounding tribes of Bantus...
...Harry Momita received his American citizenship under the McCarran-Walter Act. His drugstore became the social center of the area, and Helen used to open it at 8 o'clock every morning so that everyone could gather for coffee. Last year Harry served as president of the Calipatria Chamber of Commerce...
...monarchy embodies what might be called the residual stability of the national community, those values which are enduring beyond changes of politicians at 10 Downing Street or Westminster. Queen Elizabeth is a personification of the unspoken social contract Englishmen have made with each other over the centuries, the contract that preserves the continuity of the community and order despite political or economic or social differences. In the atavistic recesses of virtually every Briton's mind is the real, if irrational, sense that the Queen as a person is there, alert and ready with a cool, restraining hand, to protect...
...President, I do not think I have the right to refuse." In 1952 Conservative Antoine Pinay had made himself a hero by "saving the franc." But last week his proposals to hold the line on taxes, slash expenditures and economize on France's burgeoning social security setup promptly met Socialist hostility, and it looked as if Coty would have to find somebody else to save the franc...