Word: ironically
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...time has come for all of us, on both sides of the Iron and Bamboo curtains, to face squarely the issue of whether we can afford to permit any dispute anywhere to be settled by recourse to arms," said Dillon. "We firmly reject attempts by Communist leaders to justify what they call 'just, revolutionary wars' or 'wars of liberation.' War is war, no matter where or why it may be fought. Peace also is indivisible. Peace is not the prerogative of the Communists alone, nor can it be applied only to areas outside the immediate concern...
...complaints that Nikita Khrushchev has leveled against the West, one of the angriest is that the NATO nations are threatening the Iron Curtain countries with a ring of nuclear missile bases. Great Britain already has Thor bases, and Jupiter is on the way to Italy. Last week from Washington came reports that still another base for 1,000-mile IRBMs will soon be installed. The site: Turkey...
...other major activity was the seminar program on trade and political interests, held in every building offering multi-lingual translation facilities. Since the Communists had for the first time come from behind the Iron Curtain to stage a Festival, it is surprising that they would spoil the effect so badly by repressive techniques in these meetings. Some, such as the seminar on underveloped countries, traced a pre-planned picture with heavy-handed accuracy wavering only when the shouting down of contrary viewpoints neared violence...
...fervor was not enough. Wheat had been so closely planted that it toppled over or died of contagious rust. Newly dug potatoes rotted in the fields while peasants were rushed off to erect dams. Jerry-built mines collapsed, and backyard iron proved worthless for industrial use. In the cities there was noisy talk of a bumper harvest, but long queues of housewives found the stores empty...
...Soviets' methods and machines were pirated straight from the West, and they sparked the spurt; now they are aging, and the rate of growth is bound to go down. Furthermore, in the days of breakneck drive for growth in the '20s and '30s, writes Nove, "Iron ore or coal mines were 'creamed,' the best and most easily accessible mineral being taken as quickly as possible. The virgin lands campaign was launched with little consideration for the long-term problem of soil conservation. [There was] ruthless cutting of trees in the most accessible areas...