Word: sure
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...gallant peoples have gone to the mat for the cause of a freedom they may never enjoy. Dubcek must have known that the Soviets would never allow him to succeed. But he must have known also that they would be forced to use the only powers they can be sure of-deceit, murder, and subjugation-to keep their empire from crumbling at their feet. Perhaps now the "peace at any price" people will see Munich revisited, and come to realize that America must stand firm at the frontiers of freedom...
Washington could not help being impressed?and concerned?at the speed and efficiency with which the Soviet army had moved. No one could be sure of what would now happen in Eastern Europe. Would Rumania be next on Moscow's list? Nor was it clear how, if at all, Moscow's new preoccupation with events in Eastern Europe would affect the Viet Nam negotiations. What the invasion and the U.S. re sponse (or nonresponse) to it proved once again was one hard fact: the U.S. and Russia still live, as they have with some modifications since World...
Meanwhile Johnson and Rostow con ferred by phone with Secretary of State Dean Rusk. They were not sure the subject was Czechoslovakia, but they suspected as much. At the President's regular Tuesday luncheon a few hours earlier, a major topic had been Soviet military preparedness for an invasion. Rusk went ahead to a Democratic Plat form Committee hearing...
...bloc. Thus, even though he made no progress at Karlovy Vary in trying to reverse Czechoslovakia's internal reforms, Ulbricht may well have counted the trip worthwhile, since he got Dubcek to pledge Czechoslovakia's support for his new initiatives toward West Germany. It was, to be sure, only a pro forma endorsement. But in Ulbricht's hands it might prove useful as a sort of power of attorney that he could use to extract the maximum advantage for himself out of West Germany's desire to establish diplomatic relations with Eastern Europe...
...favorites. Says one fortyish matron: "My husband leaves me alone with my two children at home for his golfing. I make my husband mind my children once in a while so that I can come here and dance with the boys." Adds another: "My husband? Why, I'm sure he's somewhere having his little fun with cabaret girls. I'm here to even the score with...