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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa

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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 20, 1975

Page

9

Detente and the illusion of peace in a polarized world

Tom Wicker argues that detente with Moscow and opening to Peking have failed to ease tensions with Hanoi and Lisbon’s drift, urging a humane Portuguese aid strategy and, if possible, a broader reconstruction plan for Indo-China. The piece blends Cuba skies with calls for nonmilitary aid and a durable peace framework.

China Salvador Allende Gossens CIA Chile Moscow Peking Hanoi Cambodia South Vietnam Washington United States Ford State Kissinger Free World Portugal Europe Salazar Caetano NATO Azores Saigon Allende Peo Southeast Asia Johnson Lyndon Johnson Indo-China

Wordcraft and politics collide in a cautionary column

Theodore M Bernstein critiques pretentious usage like interface and other neologisms. He contrasts faux intellectual polish with real meaning, using JFK era Cold War examples and Peanuts allegories to warn that totalitarian threats persist while public trust wavers.

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