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...Conservatives, who were bound to unmeaning doctrines by tradition. In office, however, it did not act on the principles which it had confessed as His Majesty's Opposition, and came dangerously near to proving the Communist indictment, that socialism will always, in a pinch, stoop to the grossest opportunism. However, the facts that a Labor Cabinet has never had a majority in the House of Commons, and that the Party is a combination of elements never in accord on the subject of socialism, explain its previous cunctatory policy toward the social reforms which it proposes. Too, MacDonald as leader...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIS MAJESTY'S OPPOSITION | 10/10/1932 | See Source »

...grossest sort of exaggeration finds its way into motion-picture advertising. It is filled with such lines as, 'you will never forget this picture as long as you live' and 'this is New York's greatest thrill.' Such promises not only weaken the force of your advertising but in addition are the grossest and most flagrant sort of lies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Macy's v. Movies | 1/18/1932 | See Source »

...palmed the lie that Russian women had been "nationalized," that she had issued the decree. "Frequently at that time," Comrade Kollontay has said, "I was obliged to leap out of tramway cars when people [Russians] recognized me. I was often forced to listen to the most unbelievable calumnies, the grossest insults...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Scarlet Diplomat | 11/10/1930 | See Source »

...bill was introduced to prohibit stag hunting in England. John Alexander Lovat-Fraser, 62-year-old Laborite, representing the Lichfield Division of Staffordshire, a member of the National Council of Maternity and Child Welfare, contended that his bill would end "a practice that subjects the stag to the grossest and most terrible cruelty. . . ." His bill was backed by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A Conservative M.P. objected to the Lovat-Fraser Bill on the ground that if passed it would set a precedent for bills prohibiting all kinds of hunting. This objection brought roars of disapproval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Animals: Stag Hunting | 3/17/1930 | See Source »

Foes of Dr. Schacht accused him of playing the grossest sort of politics, of fostering fear as a means of grooming himself for election to succeed president Paul von Hindenburg. "So-I am accused of 'playing politics!' " said smart Dr. Schacht, unruffled. "If what I did was playing politics, then let me say I most heartily welcome the injection of moral factors into politics-they need...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Success at The Hague | 1/27/1930 | See Source »

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