Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...military might in the Soviet capital since a similar anniversary in 1965, and included military equipment never seen before in a Moscow parade: squat T-64 tanks, short-range (75 miles) SS-21 missiles and M1976 field guns. Marshal Sergei Sokolov, the Defense Minister, gave the keynote speech. "Capitalist propaganda is making strenuous efforts to falsify history . . . to belittle the role of the U.S.S.R. in the rout of the fascist invaders," he declared. "But the truth cannot be overturned. The whole world knows that it was the Soviet Union that made the decisive contribution. Victory cost us 20 million lives...
...doubt they played up to us," said ABC News Executive Vice President David Burke. "They're no different from anybody else." The resulting broadcasts spent little time explaining the restrictions that were imposed or discussing the possibility that Vietnamese officials might be using American TV as a propaganda ploy. One notable exception: ABC Correspondent Steve Bell's scrupulously detailed account of the curbs encountered during a tour of a military base...
...attempts to explain this to the undergraduate community, many students ignore the Harvard Gazette where much of the official business of the University is explained, as well as other publications which provide information on issues such as Quad renovations. Fox has lamented that "even if you make an entire propaganda blitz, you reach a very small audience...
...detention of prostitutes during World War I demonstrates the underlying theme of hostility against women in the crusade against venereal disease. Brandt points out that from the start women were either viewed as weak helpless victims or the very source of temptation and disease. Negative propaganda against women entered almost every pamphlet' and poster condemning the disease. Perhaps the most blatant is a World War II poster portraying venereal disease as a sexy woman arm in arm with Nazi soldiers thus declaring her the worst...
...million mail blitz is only the latest tactic in a $30 million cosmetic campaign being waged by the Moon movement. The church was founded in South Korea in 1954 and now claims 3 million followers worldwide, a figure that some outside researchers consider inflated. The propaganda program has been taking place while Moon, 65, is serving an 18-month term in the Danbury, Conn., federal prison for income tax fraud; he is due for release...