Word: propaganda
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...State Department disclosed that President Reagan has approved U.S. participation in a controversial human-rights conference to be held in Moscow in 1991. The White House had long resisted taking part in the 35-nation forum because of suspicions that the Soviets would turn it into a high-profile propaganda show designed to embarrass the U.S. on a number of issues, including its policies in Central America. Secretary of State George Shultz urged both Reagan and President-elect Bush to accept the invitation, arguing that under Mikhail Gorbachev the Soviets are steadily improving their human-rights record by releasing political...
...program in space exploration is scientifically valuable, but the propaganda value of Americans boldly going forth in the service of all mankind is no longer really necessary, since the ideological failings of communism now seem obvious to even the Chinese and Soviets themselves. Pure research, "for all people" is best conducted together with as many nations as have the resources to participate. Our allies are ideal partners in this effort, and larger missions like a Mars landing--if they are attempted at all--naturally suggest cooperation with the Soviet Union...
...Israel were not under constant attack and could exist in a region of peace and justice and love between enemies. I, too, expect Israel to live up to a higher standard than its Arab neighbors--to not sponsor international terrorism, to not force its children into battle as a propaganda technique, to punish, not reward, the violations of its soldiers. But Sharfstein fails to present a realistic argument in favor of open criticism of internal Israeli policy. His comparison with criticism of a Jewish religious issue is hollow; his assertion that failure to point out Israel's shortcomings actually hurts...
...effort that the Bush administration will be trying to make when they reverse campaign promises and raise taxes. This is when the administration will blame a tax hike on the Democratic Congress, or claim that economic circumstances are vastly different than during the election. This should be called PROPAGANDA...
...Jews were concerned, hadn't they claimed for themselves in the past a role that wasn't right for them? Hadn't they deserved being put back in their place? And above all, didn't the propaganda--apart from the wild exaggeration not to be taken seriously--correspond in essential points to their own conjectures and convictions...