Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Nikita Khrushchev seemingly could not stop talking about it. The whole rankling story tumbled out. "Questions about some Social Democrats allegedly imprisoned in our country and in the People's democracies were especially prepared for us and shoved at us." Khrushchev said. "We firmly rejected these questions as provocative. They knew very well that we are doing everything possible to correct past errors in a number of cases, and that people who were condemned innocently have been rehabilitated. Why then, did they drag out this and other heinous questions, so as to gain favor in the eyes...
...Among Pigeons. Back in Britain, Labor Leader Hugh Gaitskell replied: "It was certainly not our desire to spoil the visit in any way, [but] we are bound to differ on the issue of imprisoned Social Democrats, which we regard as an issue of principle." George Brown, the right-wing trade unionist who is contesting with Nye Bevan for the party treasuryship, had been the most persistent of Khrushchev's hecklers at the dinner. He had been swamped with mail since "I scattered the cat among the pigeons," he said, and proudly added: "Mr. Khrushchev told...
Nevertheless, there has been no fear of letting borrowed programs develop. In General Education, for example, there has been a tendency away from "large omnibus courses," and Creative Arts has been added to the traditional three fields of humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences...
...Steiger, whose mock-murderous mood makes it a smash, and Jan Sterling, who could have been the sexually-repressed daughter of a prurient minister. As we said to our companion as we came out of the U.T., The Harder They Fall is a sweaty, brutal, and challenging social document...
...good, not bad, news to 250 delegates from 51 nations assembled in Rome. It meant that leprosy victims, so long shunted into isolation or secret shame by society's ancient fear of the disease, are now coming forward voluntarily to disclose their ailment and seek treatment. Doctors, missionaries, social workers and others who have labored for years against leprosy hoped they had finally dented the wall of rejection and abhorrence that has forced most leprosy victims to live a stigmatized life...