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Word: warsaw (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...time being, at least, the Soviets seemed merely to be putting on a show of force across the borders of Czechoslovakia in order to pressure Dubcek into slowing the pace of liberalization. Radio Prague announced belatedly that the troop movements were part of Warsaw Pact maneuvers and that the Czechoslovak government had been notified in advance that they were to take place. But the hard-liners were clearly trying to put heat...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Czechoslovakia: A Bit of Maneuvering | 5/17/1968 | See Source »

There is, however, another context for this incident which it would be foolish to let pass unheralded. From Warsaw, Paris, Rome, and New York, there is evidence of a general malaise and disgust with the tautologies of higher education, especially in the so-called humanities and social sciences. It is feared that in these areas the university has become a subsidized barrier separating the idealism of youth from the affluence of middle-class, middle-aged, virtue. Without striking too shrill a note, it might be accurate to say that there is an awareness and dissatisfaction with the methods of indoctrination...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: OR "A MILESTONE IN OBJECTIVE COVERAGE" | 5/15/1968 | See Source »

...proposed 15 sites* for talks, unofficially offered Hanoi a considerably longer shopping list. Hanoi rejected them all, steadfastly insisted that the U.S. choose between two venues that would be physically and psychologically unsuitable?the Cambodian capital of Pnompenh, where neither Washington nor its Saigon ally has an embassy, and Warsaw, capital of a major North Vietnamese ally and armorer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE VERY FIRST STEP | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

Rising Pressures. Impatience mounted. In Washington, Senate Foreign Relations Chairman J. William Fulbright and members of his committee urged Johnson to accept Warsaw and "not quibble about a site." The British grumbled about U.S. "fussing." Johnson clung to his insistence that a site should satisfy four requirements?adequate communications, access for U.S. allies, thorough press coverage, and a "fair" atmosphere for both sides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE VERY FIRST STEP | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

...betrayed some apprehension about how the French would act when he said that he hoped they would grant equal treatment to all parties. The final draft described France as a country "where all parties should expect such treatment." Despite Johnson's mild concern, however, the choice of Paris over Warsaw was a vindication of his insistence on a compatible site...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE VERY FIRST STEP | 5/10/1968 | See Source »

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