Word: youthful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...view of his youth and what he has been through, it is not surprising that Halla has come to some gloomy conclusions about Europe's future. War within three years, said Halla-and Russia would have "little difficulty" in overrunning Europe. But he felt certain that Russia would not win. He compared Russia with Germany on the eve of World War II and predicted: "Peace will never be gained with the Communists by peace methods...
...thousand delegates to the World Youth and Student Festival at Budapest, August 14 to 28, heard or read these descriptions of American. This was the second such festival, dedicated to "peace, independence, democracy"; it grouped representatives from 82 national groups...
...head of the Hungarian Festival Committee welcomed the U. S. delegates to the ceremony. So did the chiefs of other important groups: a U. S. S. R. Youth Organization, "Free" China, and France. According to one American student who attended the ceremony, "their speeches were standard stuff--the vague, welcome-to-our-fair-city type of thing...
...opening speech at the Festival typifies what he calls the "negative approach" of the majority of the U. S. delegation. "Even though most of the Festival was supposed to be non-political, the people who were there from America were not representative of U. S. youth. Neither were the things they...
Warshaw points to the American "cultural presentation" as an example. Most of the youth delegations turned out programs ranging from tumbling to ballet; these various exhibitions ran every night. Some were on what Warshaw calls a "professional level," the Soviet delegation putting on a show complete with soloists from Moscow's Bolshoi theater. The Mongolian Republic brought dances, acrobatics, and a collection of stringed instruments...