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Word: coattailed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1927-1927
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...first entered the limited vocabulary of the average citizens (circa 1919), there has never been a convention of organized labor in which it was not denounced. Better that a U. S. labor leader should have his face covered with mud than that "Bolshevist" should be tagged on to his coattail...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COAL: Song & Band | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...delegates, to Indianapolis, headquarters of the U. M. W. He is not a Communist. It is even doubtful whether he could be ranked as a Socialist. But he is the perpetual opposition candidate for President of the U. M. W. against Mr. Lewis. And hanging metaphorically to his coattail was one Powers Hapgood, nephew of Norman Hapgood, onetime Hearstling. Powers Hapgood graduated from Harvard in 1921* and is a Socialist. He may be a Communist. In a hotel lobby some Lewis men hit him with clenched fists. He hit some Lewis men, and was despatched to a police court...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COAL: Song & Band | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

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