Word: stalinization
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...only three of those representatives voted against him. The fact that the other 15 representatives disregarded the express wish of their constituents is a testament to Finneran’s authoritarian, vehemently selfish style—which has fostered about as much open democratic discourse in the House as Stalin did in the Politburo...
...Stalin caused religious frictions: He, spiting monastic traditions, Forced tearful farewells: Monks gave up their bells And melted them down for munitions...
...control the Iraqi threat while avoiding the chaos and bloodshed of military action. Proponents of containment point out that it has been a cornerstone of American foreign policy since the end of World War II, with the threat of massive U.S. retaliation deterring dictators such as Stalin and Mao from using their arsenals of destructive weapons. These advocates contend that the 11 relatively quiet years since the end of the Gulf War, especially the four years since Iraq expelled the previous group of U.N. weapons inspectors, prove that Hussein would never risk his life or his power in order...
...West Wing stands for anything, it's power. Former denizens contend that the placement of offices around the President's Oval forms a power chart similar to the old Kremlin reviewing stand, where Stalin's rankings of his Politburo members were measured by how close to him they stood during parades. Roger Porter, who served as an aide to three Presidents in the West Wing, notes that Homeland Security head Tom Ridge is only a few steps down the hall from President Bush's office--"a good measure of the President's priorities...
...purges in the 1930s, the Nazi occupation of his home district during World War II and the country’s rebuilding period following the war. He also cited Nikita S. Khrushchev’s celebrated “Secret Speech” of 1956, in which he criticized Stalin for an overly repressive regime. Gorbachev said this set the youth of the time on the path that eventually led to reform...