Word: terrorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...would proceed to the Russian zone of Germany and take a teaching post at Leipzig. Although jubilant, the little man seemed somewhat puzzled by his release. In his Red dream world, the British court which ruled on his case should have functioned as a docile tool of U.S. imperialist terror. Said Eisler, whimsically: "I ain't no mastermind, but I'm an average good Communist. I try to be a better Communist every...
...midmorning of the following day the Nationalists were in full retreat, plunging northward through Shanghai's jammed and clamorous heart. Some outfits marched through almost in parade formation; others, caked with mud from the battlefields, streaked through the city in terror and confusion, taking with them everything they could lift, carry or roll...
...Kathenas chei to pono tou-everyone has his wound,' say the Greeks. Greece is bleeding from a million wounds. It is a country of refugees and prisoners. Vast hordes of peasants have left their meager land to escape the Red terror. In ramshackle huts on the fringes of provincial towns, they sit hungrily day after day. When a foreign newsman appears, they gather around him. Why does the U.S. not send a torrent of aid? Most of those who ask this question have kin or acquaintances who came back rich from America. To them the U.S. is a bottomless...
...Legless Men. When Van Fleet arrived in Athens 15 months ago, the Red rash was still spreading across the pockmarked face of Greece. After the first guerrilla victories, Russia had seen a chance to harass the West with turmoil and terror in Greece and to win a great Mediterranean base for communism. The obedient satellites on Greece's north provided arms and other material aid, sanctuary for hard-pressed guerrillas, hospitals, training bases. Whether they fought voluntarily or under duress, the guerrilla soldiers were Greeks. For Russia it was a cheap try for big stakes. In March...
Director Tetzlaff has cannily short-circuited the improbabilities of the script by documentary-like handling of Bobby's home and environment. Bobby, particularly in his moments of open-mouthed terror, is a reminder that child cinemactors can be used effectively for other things than wringing hearts and tears...