Word: foddered
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German and Japanese ministries of information may no longer be able to supply the pro Fascist publishers of these poison-sheets-with appropriate material for their columns, but such outside fodder is unnecessary. All that's needed is sympathy and admiration for an absolute government, hatred and contempt for democracy, a hysterical fear of Communism, a fanatical dread of "the Jewish octopus," a passionate antipathy toward Roosevelt or the British, or any combination of these elements. A large and responsive group of readers can easily be found. Unfortunately, the "unity" of the American people, a fourth of-July catchword which...
...Hitler is exterminating the German identity as well as attempting to kill off believers in opposing ways of life," Viereck maintained. He added that Hitler makes those opposing his ambitions his cannon targets, while those who follow him become his cannon fodder...
...abandoned the town, hit southward to Agedabia, 95 miles from Bengasi. Here he waited for the remainder of his armored forces to come in from Mechili farther north. Fighting a rear-guard action for both his units were Italy's desert infantry. To Rommel they were cannon fodder to save his tanks and armored cars...
...fact of the matter is that the university most emphatically does not intend to repeat the mad rush of 1917-18. Harvard will not become an armed camp, nor will its primary purpose be the nurturing of cannon fodder. The University's donation to this war will be not so much flesh and blood as brains, specialized and trained in science, economics, and the art of modern war. Except for the three-year program, there are no plans to curtail academic work for students. On the contrary, the curriculum will be increased by the addition of new defense courses training...
...Ringside Maisie" is pure maize but this particular bushel of corn is pretty amusing fodder. Ann Sothern, the Brooklyn bonfire, wanders into a boxer's training camp and ends up by marrying his manager. Meanwhile all the old hokum about the lighter with a soul who goes blind, etc., etc., etc. occurs with Slapsie Maxie Rosenbloom and other pugilistic debris to provide an interesting background. A bit below the pan of the Maisie series, the show is still one of the best grade...