Word: backwards
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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...what soft spot would the probing finger of Communist aggression aim its next jab? Western observers have long feared that one of the likeliest targets would be Russia's neighbor, Iran, a backward land perched precariously on the U.S.S.R.'s Middle-Eastern doorstep. Iran has been wallowing in an economic and political swamp for decades. A well-nigh endless series of footling governments has done little to help...
Most U.S. citizens still look on Latin America as a backward land of revolutions, strong men and cloak & dagger conspirators. In the July Foreign Affairs, a State Department planner who signs himself "Y,"* argues thoughtfully that surface appearances are misleading; beneath their often tempestuous politics, the Latin American nations are going forward toward orderly, democratic government. Writes...
Paternal & Fraternal. "The question whether the backward countries of Latin America were to be regarded as responsible adults or as irresponsible children was first answered by us in the early days of the 20th Century. We took it upon ourselves to exercise a paternalistic police power in the Caribbean. Theodore Roosevelt's 'corollary' to the Monroe Doctrine told the Europeans, in effect, that we would be responsible for keeping order among the children in our own yard. The assumption, not without validity at the time, was that these republics had not reached the stage of development...
Vera Micheles Dean, authoress and research director of the Foreign Policy Association, New York, led the panel of speakers at Saturday evening's symposium in Agassiz on "1950-A Backward Glance and a Forward Look." Miss Dean spoke of her experiences in the field of foreign relations, its ever increasing importance, and its growing tensions. Four other fields in which women of the Class of 1925 have worked were represented by Mrs. Frank H. Brown, department store work; Mrs. Meredith B. Givens, government; Miss Sybil A. Stone, psychology; and Mrs. Kan Lee, teaching (in China...
...points: 1) periodic Security Council meetings on a foreign-minister level, 2) atomic control, 3) disarmament, 4) a U.N. police force, 5) acceptance of all 14 nations* now awaiting admission to U.N., 6) technical aid for backward countries, 7) greater use of U.N.'s specialized agencies, 8) vigorous pressing of the U.N. program for human rights, 9) advancement of dependent peoples, 10) further development of international...