Word: deviationism
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He admitted, however, that the Council has deviated from its own constitution by forming the nominating committees on a House rather than on a class basis, but said that the deviation was hardly "arbitrary" since "the post-war class mix-up makes class nominations wholly impractical."
Remember Bratislava. Slovakia's deviation from the national pattern was the first concern of the Communists and their veteran boss, Vice Premier Klement Gottwald (who was a good bet to be Czechoslovakia's next Premier). Pipe-puffing Comrade Gottwald started out by fighting Russia as an Austro-Hungarian...
The Surrealist. By last week Crump's power was so complete, so zealously guarded, that opposition and disloyalty were rare. Few Memphis citizens ever spoke out against him. Sensible men who wished to enter politics visited the boss, asked his permission, accepted the inevitable quietly if he refused. His...
Ever since haggard, bitter Earl Browder had been dethroned as U.S. Communist boss last July, for deviation from the party line, he has been the Party's No. i anathema. A withering pamphlet entitled "The Path of a Renegade" relegated him to the "gutter of history," denounced him as...
An important phase of work done here was development of the bearing, deviation indicator, which enabled sonar operators to train their sound projectors on submarines with greater speed and accuracy. Also designed were sound gear monitors, which were portable test units used to keep BDI gear in operation condition.