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What significant phrase did Walter Lippmann introduce?

  • "Gold Rush"

  • "The Cold War

  • "Ice Age"

  • "The Big Bang"

Answer

Walter Lippmann, a Pulitzer Prize-winning American journalist, political commentator, and author, is credited with introducing the phrase "The Cold War" in a 1947 article published in The Atlantic Monthly. In the article, Lippmann argued that the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a protracted conflict that would be characterized by economic and ideological rivalry, rather than direct military confrontation.
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