Word: tokenism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...limitations which were imposed shortly after the coup last April 21 were never more than a token sign of displeasure but the current trend toward complete restoration of favor is an even more disheartening sign. Greece and its military rulers depend heavily upon military assistance from the U.S., which has supplied $1.3 billion in such aid since 1950. In recent years, it has been about $80 million annually...
...long and crowded career as painter, illustrator, dairy farmer, explorer, author and lecturer, Rockwell Kent, 85, of Ausable Forks, N.Y., has also found time for a procession of leftist causes, from the Wobblies on. As a token of their appreciation, the Soviets this spring awarded him a Lenin Peace Prize worth 25,000 rubles (officially $27,775). Not to be outdone, Kent disclosed that he has donated $10,000 of it to "the suffering women and children of Viet Nam's Liberation Front" as "a token of my shame and sorrow." Next it was the U.S. Treasury...
...frames, got lower tariffs for U.S.-made TV tubes in return. The Danes' dander rose over the tariff on live beef, which is an important Danish export. In retaliation, Danish negotiators tacked "reservations" onto their commitment to cut passenger-car tariffs 50%, will likely stand fast on a token 20% reduction...
Duplex Diplomacy. Did he mean it? As at least token proof, Russian-made MIGs?more than 100 of them?have arrived in the U.A.R. and Syria to begin replacing the estimated 400 planes destroyed by Israel. Another Cairo arrival was Soviet President Nikolai Podgorny, the third man, with Kosygin and Brezhnev, in the Kremlin's collegial leadership. "The imperialists and their agents imagine that we have come here to exchange small talk," Podgorny told President Gamal Abdel Nasser. "But we will prove to them that we have come here for more than talk. We have come here to frustrate...
...will plug an artery is a complex process following an inflammatory reaction and involving an aggregation of platelets, the smallest solid elements in the blood. It may be possible, he suggested, to use anti-inflammatory drugs to control or prevent some kinds of thrombus formation. But by the same token, it may be unwise to give such drugs-even aspirin-to a patient taking anticoagulants, since they may depress the coagulability too far, and lead to dangerous bleeding...