Word: totalitarian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Then again during the second World War, America threw her weight on the side of freedom and humanitarianism against Fascism and the totalitarian states, paying for the freedom of the world with her blood. Once the cataclysm was over, she again mounted a vast program of generous aid and assistance to Allied countries, as well as to former enemies. This had no parallel in the annals of mankind and eventually transformed the destinies of those nations. It is also a sign of the great resilience of the American nation that out of all the upheavals of the past 200 years...
...Unification Church is only one of dozens of religious cults that are drawing young Americans these days. Other notable ones are Hare Krishna, the Children of God, Brother Julius, Love Israel and the Divine Light Mission. But Moon's penchant for publicity and totalitarian trappings attracts the most attention and stirs the strongest emotions -not only in the U.S., where he claims 30,000 followers, but in South Korea, where he claims 300,000 and in Japan 200,000. His small following in Europe has grown rapidly in the past few years. There are 1,000 in France...
...been involved in the Iranian project for a year and a half, and the continuation of the undertaking into this next stage represents a show of confidence on the part of the Iranian government--that Harvard, for the right price, will do the bidding of even the most totalitarian regime. Harvard acknowledges the totalitarian nature of the Iranian regime, but claims its lengthy road show in Iran can only serve to "open up" the country...
...signs point to a continued idyllic relationship between Harvard and Iran. But there is no sign that the Iranian system of education has "opened up" at all despite Harvard's presence for more than a year. Iran is, and will continue to be, a closed and repressive totalitarian state. There is no evidence that the proposed facility will be founded on education principles any "higher" than those already observed in the state-dominated educational system. The presence of Edward L. Keenan Jr., professor of History, and a select minority of American educators on the governing board will make state meddling...
...restricted yourself to non-totalitarian regimes," says Peterson, "you'd only be able to deal with England, France, Germany, two or three South American countries, and that's it. We have to have a positive attitude. If you keep your high standards and it doesn't succeed, you abandon...