Word: het
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...perhaps more than belong to any other group, are of a kind whom everyone has encountered: they do not protest their faith in democracy; they take it for granted. They vote, pay taxes and, if need be, march. For a week or two before elections they may get politically het up. But after an election is past, they quickly return to their normal attitude, which is both affectionate and aloof. Sure, they are for the President-he is their President, isn't he?-and of course they will still make up their own minds whether they like...