Word: thoughts
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...admonitions he gave to travelers were ones that Nehru was in no mood to follow himself against aggressive Red China. Speaking about India's relations with Peking, Nehru soft-pedaled all thought of risk, hardship and adventure. It was almost as if he were setting out to prove that the revolt in Tibet-"the treacherous armed rebellion," in Peking's words-was nothing to get excited about...
...China was obviously, at a lower rate than the boasts, pushing forward industrially. The people might suffer, but for centuries China's people have known hunger and oppression; the people might be resentful, but never before, under any tyranny, had there been so systematic and efficient a thought-control system, so vast a network of informers patrolling home, church, school and work place...
...Feiffer's image of "The Inner Me Acting Academy." His ear for catch phrases and talent for parodying them are as precise and effective as ever; in the story entitled "Boom!" he reproduces a dialogue of two generals discussing their progress: "This is last year's bomb. We thought it was pretty ultimate, remember?" "Boy, were we naive...
Though refusing to favor any candidate for the Democratic nomination, Butler said he thought that Adlai Stevenson would not refuse nomination, were it offered to him. He stated, however, that while many party members seem to favor Stevenson, "most of the professionals are suspicious of a two-time loser...
...Catholics everywhere, and it produced a strong reaction in Italy. Right-wingers were delighted ("A helpful clarification." purred one news agency), and left-wingers, who had welcomed the election of Cardinal Roncalli as a "liberal" Pope, were dismayed. Commented Rome's fellow-traveling newspaper Paese Sera: "We thought Pope John was a Pope of new coinage, but now he has raised a sword...