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Kennan

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1. Kennan - Noun

2. Kennan - Proper noun

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United States diplomat who recommended a policy of containment in dealing with Soviet aggression (1904-2005)

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George Kennan, an American working on the Western Union Telegraph Expedition in the late 1860s, found that dog sled travel on the lower Anadyr was limited by lack of firewood. Source: Internet

And by the way, as far as PCH 101 is concerned, there was a guy named Mr. X, George Kennan who devised the containment strategy and before he died a few years ago, warned against exactly what you are opining about Russia. Source: Internet

But, as George Kennan once wrote about another regime, he must be prepared to confront China with “unalterable counter force at every point where they show signs of encroaching upon the interests of a peaceful and stable world.” Source: Internet

"To the American mind," Kennan added, it was "implausible that people should have positive aspirations more important to them than the peacefulness and orderliness of international life." Source: Internet

In this regard, Kennan also underscored the importance of preventing the development of a continental European power that could compete with the US. Source: Internet

The Technique of Orchestration, Kent Wheeler Kennan, Prentice Hall, NY, NY 1952 Cornets and trumpets made in a given key (usually the key of B ) play at the same pitch, and the technique for playing the instruments is nearly identical. Source: Internet

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