Word: vigilanteism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Under Assad, Syrians of late no longer worry about sudden, late-night visits by secret police. But the government is vigilant about dissent, and the occasional crackdowns can be both swift and harsh. Last April, for example, 200 people were rounded up and imprisoned on the eve of the Baath...
Washington, for its part, fears that Assad could upset the delicate Middle East balance by pressing too hard for the Palestinians or by allowing the fedayeen to carry out more Golan raids, which would provoke Israeli retaliation against Syria, increasing the danger of renewed war. At least, however, Assad has...
THE MILITARY SITUATION: It is as it was before. On one side are the Syrians, on the other the Israelis. On each side, plenty of weapons, everyone vigilant. That is my description - brief and useful.
In the view of the ever-vigilant CIA, even Richard Nixon may not have been above suspicion. When he was campaigning for the presidency in 1968, the agency secretly opened a letter that he received from Ray Price, a speechwriter traveling in Moscow; the contents dealt only with Nixon'...
The Chinese have good reason to be vigilant. Many of their people live in vulnerable adobe-type, tile-roofed homes that collapse easily during tremors. And the country shudders through a great number of earthquakes, apparently because of the northward push of the Indian plate against the Eurasian plate. Says...