Word: specializations
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...U.S.S.R. would come to the aid of Red China only in the event of "an attack from without"-i.e., an attack by the U.S. Then Red China ordered a seven-day cease-fire in the Formosa Strait, and Red China's Defense Minister Peng Teh-huai sent a special message to the Nationalists proposing peace talks between Chinese Communists and Chinese Nationalists. While holding out what may or may not be an olive branch, Peng also turned the sword in a new wound. "The Americans are bound to go," he said to the Nationalists. "They have...
...each stop he was well briefed on local grievances, had a special potion for local ailments. In Indianapolis he reminded internecine Indiana conservatives of their common enemy: "The radical A.D.A., which dominates the Democratic National Committee." In Los Angeles he pitched a more moderate appeal to California's golden harvest of independent votes: "Forget for the moment whether you are Republicans or Democrats...
...Gaulle lost no time in showing Guinea the price of saying no. A special envoy rushed down from Paris, ticked off to Touré the dreaded list of things to come. All French public servants, technicians and army units would leave within three months. Financial aid would cease, and Guinea's exports (coffee, bananas, bauxite) would be subject to the same stiff tariffs as those of other foreign countries. As the French tricolor vanished from the land, Touré began to hope that, having slammed the door, he would not find it irrevocably locked behind him. He hailed France...
...British, heartily suspicious of Makarios, thought his proposal too vaguely worded, and just "another Makarios trick," decided to go ahead with "partnership" despite Greek protests. Only Turkey said "Howdy, podner." Its special representative reported for duty to British Governor Sir Hugh Foot. But to soften passions, the Turks appointed as their adviser to Foot not someone from Ankara-who might have been welcomed at the airport with bombs-but the Turkish consul general in Nicosia, who was already there. Shrugged 55-year-old Burhan Ishin, a husky onetime Turkish national soccer star and longtime diplomat: "After all, I can only...
...before. All lived in strict discipline. Reveille was at 6 a.m. to the strains of the Soviet Air Force march. The "students" studied Latin American politics and economics, the place of women in Communism, Russian history, ideology, public speaking, propaganda, etc. The most convincing debaters and public speakers got special diplomas. Money to finance the school came from the Argentine Communist Party, but the parties in each student's country paid for his trip and living expenses...