Word: eyewash
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...Chiang Kai-shek's government, and believe that much of Red China's hostility comes from the U.S. refusal to grant it recognition. At a press conference in Hong Kong, Attlee admitted that his "impressions" had not much changed. But the man who had said he knew eyewash when he saw it professed not to have been taken in: "We found, and expected to find, that China is being run by Communists on principles with which we do not agree." Other impressions...
...tour "you are often shown only what your hosts want you to see." It was Attlee's hope nonetheless that a look at the cloistered rulers of Communism, who have never seen or been seen by top Westerners, might prove instructive in many ways, provided one could distinguish "eyewash" from cruder reality. Not all Britons were convinced of Clem's ability to make the distinction. A Liberal Party spokesman warned Attlee & Co. that they were treading "on very hot bricks." London's Economist scolded the former Prime Minister sharply for "serving the purposes of a [hostile | propaganda...
...HAVE been exposed to lots of eyewash in my time, and I know it when I see it," remarked the Leader of the Opposition. In his time Mr. Attlee has undoubtedly shown that he can recognise eyewash. But in the past it has not been his custom to submit meekly to serving the purposes of a propaganda machine that is hostile to him, his party, and all that he stands for. The Labour delegates have presumably reconciled themselves in advance to the fact that during their tour they will be photographed, filmed, recorded for radio, and exhaustively written...
Louis ("Satchmo") Armstrong arrived in Chicago for a theater engagement with his usual load of patent medicines and some ready advice for flu sufferers. Said he: "People wouldn't have flu at all if they'd watch the gargle and the eyewash and drink plenty of Pluto water...
...Eisenhower victory, however, only seven of Pennsylvania's delegates could be firmly counted for Ike. Two were for Taft (who got a record 172,829 write-in votes in the preference poll), and the rest had to be listed as uncommitted. Reason: the presidential preference vote is just "eyewash" to the Pennsylvania politicos. The key man now is Governor John S. Fine, who will control 32 of the delegates. He wasn't saying where his votes will go, but he did not seem overly impressed by the primary result. Said he: "Election returns speak what partisans desire...