On this day, 1959,

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Nixon and Khrushchev Argue In Public As U.S. Exhibit Opens; Accuse Each Other Of Threats.

Moscow, July 24--Vice President Richard M. Nixon and Premier Nikita S. Khrushchev debated in public today the merits of washing machines, capitalism, free exchange of ideas, summit meetings, rockets and ultimatums.

http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0724.html#article


The Cold War’s Hot Kitchen

By WILLIAM SAFIRE
Published: July 23, 2009

EXACTLY one-half century ago, one of the great confrontational moments of the cold war seized the world’s attention: Nikita Khrushchev, bombastic anti-capitalist leader of the Soviet Union, and Richard Nixon, vice president of the United States with the reputation of a hard-line anti-communist, came to rhetorical grips in the model kitchen of the “typical American house” at the 1959 American exhibition at Sokolniki Park in Moscow.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/24/opinion/24safire.html?th&emc=th

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India-US Military Pact Sets New 'Cold War' In Motion