Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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In their brief and bloody day, the seven old men and their fellows had ruled an empire greater than Alexander's or Caesar's or Napoleon's. Last week, at midnight after the winter solstice, the paths of Japan's top war leaders ended without glory...
Once an editor with the quaint name of James King of William left his office at the Bulletin during a feud with Editor James P. Casey of the Sunday Times. As King reached a corner, deep in thought, Casey confronted him with the usual challenge: "Draw and defend yourself!" Before...
Three in the Ring. Some confusion stemmed from the false notion that the act was supposed to ''merge" the forces. It was supposed to do nothing of the kind. It did, in fact, create the Air Force as a separate arm (thus putting three battlers into the ring...
Is Stalin just an opportunist, saying and doing what seems best - for him - at the moment? Many Americans believe that, and thereby lose an opportunity to understand what threatens them. Stalin's line shifts. Sometimes he acts like a flaming revolutionist, sometimes like a good fellow who just wants...
Mencken noted the industrywide confusion concerning a name for TV fans. He was unimpressed by televiewer, viewer, looker and looker-in. Mencken's contribution: "I suggest trying gawk."