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\u201cMr.Gorbachev, tear down that wall\u201d roared President Reagan ,the twentieth anniversary of these prophetic words was observed by the media. Eventually, though not as a direct result, events led to the break up of the Soviet Union. What Churchill called the Iron Curtain came down. It is said that History is unstoppable, but it does seem to pause, if only,to recall a word or phrase that defined a moment or an era or an event.<\/p>\n
As if in response to Reagan\u2019s exhortation, Gorbachev, opened the gates of reform with two words: Glasnost\u00a0 which means \u2018openness\u2019 and perestroika (reform). They marked the end of the cold war and the start of a new era for the world.” There are\u00a0 some words which prove to be ominous too, to wit, Adolph Hitler\u2019s Lebensraum\u00a0 which means \u2018living space\u2019. It was on this palpably lame excuse that he started a\u00a0 process\u00a0 of\u00a0 annexation of\u00a0 Germany\u2019s weak\u00a0
\n neighbors. That proved to be the fateful signal for World War II,<\/p>\n
The reply to Germany\u2019s marauding hordes came from Winston Churchill, the indefatigable\u00a0 Prime Minister of England , who was the right man\u00a0 at the right time…This symbol of England\u2019s bull-dog spirit , galvanized the island\u00a0 nation with words which had fervor and literary flavor. He roared: \u201cWe shall not flag or fail., we shall fight in France, we shall fight\u00a0 on all the seas and oceans\u2026.we shall fight in the fields and in the streets,, we shall fight in the hills: we shall not surrender\u201d, These are but fragments of a fighting speech\u00a0 which inspired the British to steel themselves and\u00a0 defeat the enemy.. .Hitler was vanquished and, reportedly committed suicide.<\/p>\n
At the end of the battle of Britain, it was Churchill again , who decked out his speeches with fine metaphors, eulogized the RAF with these famous words: \u201dNever in the field of human history\u00a0 was so much owed by so many to so few.\u201d. What a sentiment! What\u00a0 euphony.! Such choice words and calibrated phrases can never die.<\/p>\n
India too has had its golden moments. Gandhiji coined\u00a0 two powerful words which had breath and purpose\u00a0 and gave a strong notice\u00a0 to the colonial British.. Quit India. These words which hardly need\u00a0 amplifying ,\u00a0 resonated throughout .India in August 1942, at the height of the Civil Disobedience movement.\u00a0 Eventually, Time came to fullness and India became free; the British left, bag and baggage.. APT WORDS, APTLY SPOKEN Vengrai Parthasarathy \u201cMr.Gorbachev, tear down that wall\u201d roared President Reagan ,the twentieth anniversary of these prophetic words was observed by the media. Eventually, though not as a direct result, events led to the break up of the Soviet Union. What Churchill called the Iron Curtain came down. It is said that… <\/p>\n