the Cold War
noun
: the nonviolent conflict between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union after 1945
the era of the Cold War
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At the height of the Cold War, many free services were seen as supporting communist ideals.
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Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
The backstage area also served as a shelter for nonperishable food during the Cold War, according to History Colorado.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
Serling, for instance, purposely injected ideas about the Cold War and nuclear weapons into the film.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Albania, an authoritarian Marxist country with bitter relations with the U.S. during the Cold War, is now one of the most pro-U.S. countries in Europe and has a large diaspora community in the United States.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 12 May 2024
The entertainment industry has grappled with the threat of nuclear war since the Cold War.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
By Jon Herskovitz and Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg May 8, 2024 12:35 AM EDT
Kim Ki Nam, a propaganda mastermind who helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding in the Cold War, has died at the age of 94.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
This accelerated with globalization after the end of the Cold War and the onset of atomization with the arrival of the smartphone (that prodigious generator of status anxiety), leading to more unequal, more polarized, more fretful societies.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Indeed, the concept dates back to the 1960s, when the social psychologist William McGuire sought to understand people’s susceptibility to propaganda during the Cold War and whether they could be defended against it.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 17 May 2024
The backstage area also served as a shelter for nonperishable food during the Cold War, according to History Colorado.
—John Wenzel, The Denver Post, 16 May 2024
Serling, for instance, purposely injected ideas about the Cold War and nuclear weapons into the film.
—Alissa Wilkinson, New York Times, 15 May 2024
Albania, an authoritarian Marxist country with bitter relations with the U.S. during the Cold War, is now one of the most pro-U.S. countries in Europe and has a large diaspora community in the United States.
—Chris Massaro, Fox News, 12 May 2024
The entertainment industry has grappled with the threat of nuclear war since the Cold War.
—Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2024
By Jon Herskovitz and Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg May 8, 2024 12:35 AM EDT
Kim Ki Nam, a propaganda mastermind who helped forge the cult of personality for the family dynasty that has ruled North Korea since its founding in the Cold War, has died at the age of 94.
—TIME, 8 May 2024
This accelerated with globalization after the end of the Cold War and the onset of atomization with the arrival of the smartphone (that prodigious generator of status anxiety), leading to more unequal, more polarized, more fretful societies.
—Roger Cohen, New York Times, 5 May 2024
Indeed, the concept dates back to the 1960s, when the social psychologist William McGuire sought to understand people’s susceptibility to propaganda during the Cold War and whether they could be defended against it.
—Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 25 Apr. 2024
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