Word: westernness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fronts. Article after article claimed that a miraculous upsurge in industrial and agricultural production had been brought about by jettisoning all capitalist notions of expertise and turning instead to Mao-think. The New China News Agency reported that "China reaped the biggest grain crop in its history this year." (Western experts calculate a shortfall of 5,000,000 tons in the Chinese harvest for 1966.) The Agency also cited a "new leap forward" in iron and steel output as a result of "a mass movement to storm the technical citadels...
...device last week at its Lop Nor test site in Sinkiang. As the Chinese press reported it, the test was "a heavy blow to the plot of U.S. imperialism and Soviet modern revisionism." A more objective analysis will have to wait until the fallout drifts into the hands of Western scientists...
...leaders. Dan is one of its key figures. The articulate, Harvard-trained physician has long been one of Viet Nam's most popular politicians, and in the assembly he vied with Van for the role of chief thorn in the side of the Ky government. A Western-style liberal, Dan has opposed the military's rule in South Viet Nam all along; he has helped lead the assembly's so far unsuccessful fight to persuade the Ky government to abrogate Article 20 of the Election Decree that created the assembly. Article 20 stipulates that the generals...
...exchange for his freedom, Bel grade sources say, Djilas promised "not to make trouble" for Tito. He will keep away from Western correspondents "as much as possible" and perhaps even go into hiding for a while. But will he give up his political writing? "His life is politics," a Djilas friend once commented. "You might as well ask him to stop breathing...
...addition to Sunday, Saturday is observed as the Sabbath. Male and female children are circumcised, and the Mosaic dietary laws are observed. The Ethiopians uniquely celebrate a feast in honor of Pontius Pilate, believing that he ultimately repented of his role in Jesus' passion and death. Western scholars have trouble establishing precisely what the church believes, since there is no defined body of doctrine...