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...broadcast was promptly reported in the U.S. press. Manhattan's tabloid Daily Mirror headlined it: MONTY GETS THE GLORY, YANKS GET THE BRUSHOFF...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Phony | 1/22/1945 | See Source »

Finally Candidate Roosevelt came to a main piece of business in his speech-an attempt to give a brisk brushoff to Earl Browder and his enthusiastic Communist support for Term IV, without alienating any needed votes: "I have never sought and I do not welcome the support of any person or group committed to Communism, or Fascism, or any other foreign ideology which would undermine the American system of government...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMPAIGN: Change of Pace | 10/16/1944 | See Source »

...increasing practice of killing and maiming of news stories, and the more frequent brushoff of news queries...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: The Army's Doctrine | 1/24/1944 | See Source »

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