Word: chameleonic
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...indifference of the moderates until it emerges as master of policy and direction. Many youth groups such as the American Youth for Democracy have maintained their programs but lost their backing because idealism in accepting Communists gave way to apathy in routine dealings with them. Disaffected members of these chameleon-like organizations claim that the price of idealism these days is hard-headed vigilance--the cost of political independence endless man-hours of organization patterned after, but in opposition to, the surging Party tide...
...Washington, Communist-line Representative Hugh De Lacy, backed by James Roosevelt and the Independent Citizens Committee of the Arts, Sciences and Professions, reached the tape a stride ahead of political chameleon Howard Costigan, backed by Anna Roosevelt Boettiger. Hardworking, New-Dealing Senator Hugh B. Mitchell, appointed by Governor Mon C. Wallgren to fill his own unexpired term in the Senate, had little trouble winning renomination. Biggest worry of both Democratic incumbents: an unusually heavy Republican primary vote...
...pretty sure that Joe is no Communist, although in the past he has been a steady fellow traveler. He has taken on the coloration around him, like a chameleon. Now he wants to clean the Marxists out. In the middle of his struggle with the shipowners he is facing an internal feud. The Commies hope to grab everything but Joe's job. Joe is a good man to have around for a while...
Rossetti, who had once urged Pre-Raphaelites to "abjure bohemianism," was the most bohemian of the group. He collected "kangaroos, a wallaby, a chameleon, some salamanders, wombats, an armadillo, a marmot, a woodchuck, a deer, a jackass, a raccoon. . . ." He bought a Brahmin bull because its eyes reminded him of one of his lady friends. Even his Pre-Raphaelite brothers were gradually estranged by Rossetti's eccentricities. When the novelist George Meredith made an annoying remark, Rossetti simply threw a cup of tea in his face. But some hero-worshipers remained faithful. "Why is he not some great exiled...
...breakfast they ate "smoked blue-fish,, bread crisp like a cracker, chocolate and fruit." The words "spiritual" and "immoral" did not exist in their vocabulary. In lieu of the chameleon word "love" they talked (just a bit tediously) of apia (sexual desire) and ania (a high regard "justifying the physical"). They had no formal philosophy, little interest in abstract thought; they practiced a hedonism tempered with kindliness...