Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...accidental symbolism the Explorer's success drove the Russian propaganda campaign for a summit meeting off the front pages. Overseas, U.S. allies generally cheered Explorer's success more enthusiastically than did the cautious U.S. itself. At home, TIME correspondents in 22 U.S. cities reported that citizens generally shrugged their shoulders, said they knew it would happen, or said, "It's about time...
...operationally. To get that sanction, Army Pentagonians deemed it necessary to knock down Air Force doctrine that claimed exclusive operational rights to all but battlefield missiles. In May 1956, they began handing out scalding anti-Air Force docu ments to favored reporters. The Air Force replied with its own propaganda bombs, and the interservice brawl finally forced Defense Secretary Charles Wilson to redefine service roles and missions in the light of advancing missile technology. The war, begun by the Army, nearly ruined it: Wilson allowed the Army to continue its Jupiter work, but it seemed hardly worthwhile-since...
...talk to collective farmers, Khrushchev warmed to his subject by calling for a crackdown on moonshiners: "He who makes home brew, he who gives drink to the people, acts against the interests of the state, against society, and deserves punishment!" This brought him around to his distaste for "wet propaganda" in films and plays. Said Nikita soberly: "I have seen a film, Before It Is Too Late, made by the Lithuanian film studio. In this film the hero drinks vodka very often. It is not seldom in plays on the stage the hero is shown with a large bottle...
...Soviet technology. Says the U.S. Air Transport Association's President Stuart Tipton: "Aeroflot is visibly preparing to challenge the supremacy of Western carriers. An effective Russian civil airline will facilitate Russia's economic penetration elsewhere, serve as a vehicle for political influence and act as an effective propaganda weapon...
Last week some 5,000 demonstrators marched on the royal palace to cheer Sihanouk's stand. Sihanouk himself followed up his words with actions: first he summoned his ambassador home from Moscow, then warned Pnompenh's Soviet embassy and Chinese Communist trade mission to stop their propaganda activities forthwith. Apparently intending to get a brand new start all along the line, he had his father, King Norodom Sura-marit, dissolve the squabbling Assembly, and ordered new elections...