Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Takeover: Nagy played a role in the formation (December 1944) of provisional government at Debrecen, a coalition of Communists, Social Democrats and Smallholders.. Free election one year later gave democratic elements smashing victory (Smallholders, 2,688,161 votes; Social Democrats, 821,566; Communists, 800,257), but Soviet influence and soldiers on the ground put key ministries into Communist hands. As Minister of Agriculture (nicknamed "the Kulak" because of his sleek, well-fed look), Nagy undertook land seizures and enforced collectivization. As Minister for Internal Affairs (police), he acted as cover for the Soviet terror which...
...Faces: while stone-bald Matyas Rakosi engulfed the Social Democrats, and began slicing up the opposition with his "salami tactics" (a slice at a time), Nagy gave Communism its soft face. Appointed Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament, he made a reputation as a "sincere" and "earnest" speechmaker, taught agrarian science at Budapest University, published books on theology, made no protest when his daughter married a practicing Protestant clergyman. By sitting around Budapest cafes fingering his soup-strainer mustache, talking soccer and politics, hinting that there were other methods of doing things than those adopted by Russians, he cultivated "liberal" attitude...
...College. Soon, while others there tittered nervously, Jack and Margaret Kelly learned the worst: Happy Hunting not only satirized the wedding of Grace and Prince Rainier, but also used everybody's real names and even called Monaco Monaco. One ditty in the show, starring Ethel Merman, gaily spoofed "social climbers, wisenheimers" and informed listening Mainliners that they are "snooty snobs." Grace's sister Lizanne made her exit before the first-act curtain-"to get home to the baby-sitter." Thunderous applause burst out when one line of the script grudgingly allowed: "All the Kellys are nice people." Rainier...
...Administration, with co-operation from the Inter-Fraternity Council, set minimum scholastic standards which fraternities have to meet. The first year a house falls below a "C" average, it is warned by the Dean of Men. If grades do not improve the second year, the house is placed on social probation, which prohibits parties--the raison d'etre of fraternities. If academic laxness continues for a third year, the house goes on rushing and initiation probation, virtual death for the organization...
...President's unwillingness to participate in public controversies has in fact been one of the main reasons for his continuing popularity. When he took office in 1953, he had a clear mandate to provide respite from the discords of twenty years of turbulent social change. As a self-styled political amateur, Eisenhower has tried to appear above the lively give-and-take that characterized relations with Congress during the Administrations of his two predecessors. By this abstinence, he has managed to retain much of his popularity with the "independent," who typically claims revulsion at the grubby business of competing...