Word: sovietizing
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...first time since it backed Woodrow Wilson in 1916, the independent Denver Post endorsed a Democratic candidate for President. "Of the two men, only Senator Kennedy has recognized the critical position in which the United States now stands in the race for supremacy with the Soviet Union. Only Senator Kennedy has summoned the nation to make the total commitment to victory...
...that the irresponsibles he has encouraged may get out of hand. Last week Khrushchev gave an interview to the left-wing Cuban newspaper Revolución, and just to make sure everyone got the point, had Tass circulate it six days later. Key passage: "The head of the Soviet Republic noted that he would like his statements regarding aid to Cuba in the case of armed aggression against that country really to be symbolic...
...Soviet colleague shows an Asian friend around the Moscow zoo, while endlessly expounding on the possibilities of achieving peaceful coexistence. The Russian points with pride to a wolf and a lamb apparently living happily in the same cage. For the first time, the Asian is impressed...
...reference to rumors of a Malenkov coup, Miss Titova claimed that "such an occurence is impossible." "Khrushchev enjoys immense popularity in the Soviet Union, and what he says represents the opinion of the people. I can only congratulate Reuters on its ability to amuse the public," she declared...
...above all a rebel of the middle class, who turned his brilliant bitterness on the culture generated by that class. "Brecht assumed capitalism within the theater," Bentley points out. "He assumed that it permeated the walls, the seats, and everyone in the audience. But people in the Soviet Union cannot be aware of the values and standards of capitalist culture. So to a large extent Brecht is meaningless to them...