Word: confusionism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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TIME (Sept. 18) has the right word, but fails to draw the logical inference. Tom Dewey is indeed carrying on his campaign like a "prosecutor," with just the technique that was his own as prosecuting attorney. One might wish a campaign for the Presidency to be conducted on a higher...
The themes: the Administration is "very tired," too tired for the job ahead; the Roosevelt Depression left 10,000,000 still unemployed in 1940; he will make no change in the military leadership, and will make the construction of the peace a nonpartisan matter;* the New Deal means confusion, bungling...
Federated Balkans. Beyond the hope of a federated Yugoslavia loomed the larger hope of a federated Balkans. If Yugoslavia had been a crazy quilt of related national stocks in precarious cohesion, the Balkans were Europe's craziest quilt of all. Seas and islands of nationalities as different as Serbs...
Still frankly wrestling with himself, Ben Hecht declined to join a Dewey com mittee on the grounds that he was a "slightly confused follower of Mr. Roosevelt. My confusion arises out of wonder as to whether I admire Mr. Roosevelt or dislike his enemies."
Dr. Adler hit on the salt treatment because he was impressed by "the confusion of thought as to the cause and management of the common cold," and because he was convinced that most remedies in-use were either "useless or harmful." On his blacklist: astringent, oily or silver-salt nose...