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Kennedy's espousal of the doctrine of peaceful coexistence, his negotiation of the wheat-trade deal with the USSR, his introduction of federal civil rights legislation, and his "management" of the news, were cited by Bunker as instances of Communist influence...
...actual tension of the story-line, that enervates the constantly laughing audiences. Jack D. Ripper (Sterling Hayden), a right-wing general, is convinced that the Russians are surreptitiously "sapping our bodily fluids" by flouridating drinking water. Concerned for America's "virility," Ripper orders a surprise nuclear attack on the USSR. Action alternates between the Washington War Room, where a liberal, weak-kneed President Merkin Muffley (Peter Sellers) tries frantically to recall the planes, and a wounded B-52, whose loudly patriotic pilot, Major T. J. "King" Kong (Slim Pickens) urges his racially mixed crew on to Moscow with slogans...
...Russia is Ruled, published in 1953; second, that the footnotes of both the original and 1963 edition of my book contain references to the excellent publications of David Granick on Soviet industrial management; third, that Mr. Granick, in his 1954 book on Management of the Industrial Firm in the USSR, of which The Red Executive is essentially a popularization, was kind enough to include me in his list of acknowledgements. I should emphasize that the particular sentences which you quoted represent standard formulations of the problem which are widespread in the literature on Soviet industrial management...
Yuri Eichenko, a mechanical engineer who is a leader of the group, spoke about Soviet youth, saying that young people is Russia "live well, work and study hard, and show great optimism." He urged "peaceful coexistence" while the USSR raises its standard of living to equal that of the U.S. and commented that "history and time will prove who lives better...
...tourists were chosen for the trip by the USSR Bureau of International Youth Travel, which based its selection on profession and on geographical distribution. In Cambridge this week, the Russians are living in homes of Harvard and M.I.T. faculty members where there is at least one Russian speaker. Only two of the Soviets speak English...