Word: alism
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...vigorous, successful Republican Governor of the nation's most populous state, Nelson Rockefeller can help the G.O.P. considerably by keeping alive the image of pay-as-you-go Republican liber alism, by speaking out intelligently on issues. If he does so, he will have served the 1960 campaign exceedingly well - and may in the long run serve his political future better than if he had run in the primaries this time around...
...Hearn's monumental set in Sanders, but his work on Joan seems commendable in every other way. He has quite wisely let the play run close to its original length of three and a half hours, and his idea about the fifteenth century pronounciation of "Protest-ant" and "nation-alism," wherever it came from, seems positively inspired. Caldwell Titcomb's musical score, which ranges from a shepherd's melody to a full-dress motet, is not only decorative but functional. In the epilogue it takes care of the wind, lightning, thunder, and clock chimes that Shaw ordered...
...American Legion, and the only true comparison to Hetty Green, is her possession of wealth. She should not be described as eccentric, unless this word is used to describe philanthropy and unselfishness -two attributes Mrs. Joslyn possesses and Hetty Green lacked. You have also sacrificed accuracy for sensation alism in describing the creation of the Joslyn fortune. It was chiefly gained through the success of the Western Newspaper Union, much better described as an institution to make country newspapers more interesting to their subscribers and profitable to their publishers than purveyors of boiler plate...