Word: socialism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Richard Nixon's declaration, penned as he drafted a speech for delivery this week to the American Academy of Political and Social Science, was a momentous one: in its simplest terms it meant that the U.S. was prepared to use the full weight of its prestige toward establishing the rule of law among nations to achieve world peace...
...grain and wool. The Reds applied pressure on the Dalai Lama to quiet his people. To an anxious crowd assembled in the Norbulingka gardens, the God-King said blandly: "If the Chinese Communists have come to Tibet to help us, it is most important that they should respect our social system, culture, customs and habits. If Chinese Communists do not understand the conditions and harm or injure our people, you should immediately report the facts to the government, and we can immediately ask that the guilty ones be sent back to China...
Deep Surgery. When Castro was fighting Dictator Fulgencio Batista in Cuba's eastern mountains, he advertised his revolution's aims as a purge of governmental and social corruption and a restoration of justice and democracy. He has carried out the purge, effectively cutting off official corruption and cutting down on the once flagrant prostitution. He has curbed Cuba's feverish gambling by turning the government lottery into a savings institute and confining Havana's gaudy (but currently mostly empty) casinos to the relatively few tourists who brave the new regime's occasional, brusque clothing searches...
Monro added that students not only fail often to think for themselves, but also fail to discover that this process is "fun." He praised the teaching methods of David Riesman, Henry Ford II Professor of Social Sciences. Using his "Chicago method," Riesman conducts panel discussions in class and encourages his students to analyze their cultural environment...
Burns is running for the Student Council on a Socialist ticket with full support of the Social Progressive Party. The Student Council rules prohibit any student running with the backing of an organization. "I expect to be disqualified by this rule," he added. "We are making a test case out of it, as we feel it is unfair that only independents are allowed to run," he explained...