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Zimmerman in an interview pointed out that besides breeding a chameleon-like teacher who colors his instruction to suit his contemporaries, excessive desire for popularity results in a brand of presentation which can be easily subjected to propaganda purposes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sociologist Lashes Academic Faddism; Blasts "Personality Plus" Professors | 3/22/1939 | See Source »

...British tailors' magazine, Tailor and Cutter, called Winston Churchill, famed for his many hats, his correct but rumpled clothes, a "sartorial chameleon," declared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Feb. 13, 1939 | 2/13/1939 | See Source »

...Earle, running for the Senate, is opposed by the C.I.O.--supported S. Davis Wilson, Mayor of Philadelphia, who has changed his political affiliation so often that he is compared to the chameleon, with that versatile animal coming out distinctly second-best...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PENNSYLVANIA TAKES THE SPOTLIGHT | 5/5/1938 | See Source »

...Chameleon Man. In Louisville, Ky., Robert Bingham was a fine dignified publisher, but in London as an Ambassador his chief distinctions were: 1) the number of honorary degrees he accepted from British universities; 2) the fact that he did not get around to warning the State...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN SERVICE: Chameleon & Career Man | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

...been obvious. A star baseball player at Harvard at 20, a bank president at 26; a peanut peddler on Boston excursion boats at 9, a cinemagnate at 36; a pool operator in liquor stocks at 45, chairman of SEC at 46, Joe Kennedy at 49 is a chameleon. Not the least chameleon-like of his traits is that he is a close friend and supporter of Franklin Roosevelt, yet trusted by Business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN SERVICE: Chameleon & Career Man | 12/20/1937 | See Source »

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