Word: stones
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Questioned about the application of economic sanctions against the Dominican Republic, Stone admitted that it was a dangerous precedent, but, after his talk, admitted that he "was glad to see it." He also appealed to the State Department to show that "we do not believe that the ends justify the means...
...Stone was violently critical of Kennedy's policies toward Castro, stating that during his campaign Kennedy had "talked like a vulgar rich man out of Palm Beach" and accusing Adlal Stevenson, American Ambassador in the U.N., of "making stupid speeches on Communist China and telling lies about Cuba...
...denounced Albania's "malicious and slanderous attacks" on Moscow. The Mongolian Reds also dared to criticize Red China for not submitting to Soviet ideological supremacy, and dutifully de-stalinized their own late dictator, Khorlogiin Choibalsan (1895-1952), whose last reported resting place was a stalinesque red stone mausoleum in the center of Ulan Bator. The familiar charge: Choibalsan nurtured a "cult of personality...
Fact is, people have been taking astrology seriously for at least 5,000 years. Stone Age man noticed that the height of the sun's daily passage controlled the seasons and therefore man's food supply. He realized that the moon had an influence on the tides. Many primitive priesthoods concluded that the five visible planets-Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn-must have their effects too. This faith has never died. Astrology has had its ups and downs, but even in the modern age of science, millions of otherwise rational people believe that the motions of the planets...
...Agony and the Ecstasy, Stone...