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Bandung
the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference
the 1955 Afro-Asian Conference
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caesura
(en)
(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody
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many felt that the step had been premature, that neither would Britain allow such a caesura, nor could India survive on its own
oooh really cool use of the term
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many felt that the step had been premature, that neither would Britain allow such a caesura, nor could India survive on its own
oooh really cool use of the term
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ambit
(en)
(noun) the scope, extent, or bounds of something
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the darker nations should aspire to nothing more than a strictly local ambit
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the darker nations should aspire to nothing more than a strictly local ambit
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bulwark
(en)
(noun) defensive wall
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this bloc would, alongside the socialist one, be the bulwark against "dollar imperialism" and offer an alternative model for development.
a UN bloc that sprang out of Bandung
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this bloc would, alongside the socialist one, be the bulwark against "dollar imperialism" and offer an alternative model for development.
a UN bloc that sprang out of Bandung
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5 years, 11 months ago
autarkic
(en)
the condition of self-sufficiency, especially economic, as applied to a nation; a national policy of economic independence
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But even the most anticommunist among the Bandung delegates supported the idea of some autarky for the Third World from the immense power of the First World.
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But even the most anticommunist among the Bandung delegates supported the idea of some autarky for the Third World from the immense power of the First World.
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5 years, 11 months ago