Word: western
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although much was made by Western observers of the original vulnerability of backward, predominantly peasant societies to a Marxist takeover, little attention has been paid to the effect of that characteristic on their subsequent development. The Marxist-Leninist regimes of the Soviet Union and China, as well as their variants in Cuba, Albania and North Korea, relied on the peasant mentality of the majority of their populations. Beyond making it possible for well-organized, small revolutionary groups to take power, this attribute also enabled them to consolidate power after the revolution and maintain control as the regime matured...
Party officials cited Kadar's poor health as the reason for his removal, but some Western and Hungarian political analysts speculate that the government wanted him out of the way before it rehabilitated the reputation of Imre Nagy, Prime Minister of Hungary at the time of the 1956 Hungarian uprising. Kadar is said to have given evidence at the trial of Nagy, who was hanged for treason. Others say that the party, by breaking with "Kadarism," wished to underline its pro-reform stance...
...will now be spoken in the same breath as other quoting greats such as Lene Falape, the little known muse of Western Samoa and Parla Augusta Ordunia, patron saint of Fiji," Polsky said. "This year has been like a fairy tale. First the Nobel Peace Prize, then the national championship, and finally this highly coveted prize. In a nutshell, I truly feel marvelous...
...walls of this 4th century B.C. temple, where Alexander the Great was supposedly crowned King of Egypt, have developed cracks and are in danger of falling. Egyptian officials hope to save the monument by moving it piece by piece from its present site on shifting sand in the Western Desert to firmer ground. The big question is where...
...kind of cutthroat competition that produced those fares is fading fast. After a severe shake-out in which some 214 airlines disappeared or merged into hardier carriers, the industry is concentrated in fewer hands than ever before. Gone from the runways are such established carriers as National, Western, Pacific Southwest, Frontier, Ozark and Republic. Vanished too is a fleet of energetic upstarts, including People Express, Muse Air, New York Air, Pride Air, Jet America and Empire...