Word: western
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Instead, the Western nations let Vishinsky steal the show. They heard him make the fantastic charge that they were trying to treat the Danubian states "as a cook treats potatoes." That was too much for icy, pink Sir Charles Peake, Britain's delegate. Stung, but not exactly hopping, Sir Charles announced that he would reply to Vishinsky the next day. When Sir Charles was ready to speak, Vishinsky cracked that he was happy to note that the British representative "after 72 hours had gathered enough strength to answer...
That was the last real peep out of the Western powers. Soft-spoken U.S. Ambassador Cavendish Cannon could hardly be heard across the conference table...
Vishinsky was clearly the cook at Belgrade-and the Western powers looked last week like very small potatoes, indeed...
...Western world tends to think of the Arab as a falcon-eyed warrior on a white horse. That Arab is still around, but he is far less numerous than the disease-ridden wretches who lie in the hot streets, too weak, sick and purposeless to roll over into the shade...
Nurselike, Nehru flitters up & down India, watching, scolding, praising, teaching. His Western-trained mind knows how much India has to learn-and how quickly. The civil service, the press, the schools are in no shape to do the job. Nehru is the thin link between the 300,000,000 people and their government. Recently, Nehru took a trip to Madras province which typified the work of a unique statesman in shaping a new nation. He traveled 3,500 miles by plane, made twelve ex tempore speeches and 18 public appearances, showed himself to 1,000,000 people. He displayed wild...