Word: ism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...pretend to be an expert on Communism or any other kind of a political 'ism'," said Second-Baseman Robinson. ". . . But you can put me down as an expert on being a colored American, with 30 years' experience at it. And ... I know that life in these United States can be mighty tough for people who are a little different from the majority - in their skin color, in the way they worship their God, in the way they spell their names...
...right to quit is one of our greatest liberties," he said. He admitted that we must have a certain amount of social legislation but this does not necessarily fall under the heading of "me-too-ism...
Budenz obliged. In committing tailism, Browder was riding the ideological coattails of such "bourgeois" thinkers as Franklin Roosevelt. Opportunistic error, said Budenz, was failing to follow the Marxist-Leninist line. Revisionism was erroneously believing in peaceful progress towards socialism. And just plain Browder-ism: being guilty of all the other errors in one big lump...
...Communist Council of Arts sternly observed that Hungarian popular music has become "decadent," lacking in the "dynamic rhythm of the new democracy." They express a maudlin desire to return to the "good old days." As an example of the kind of song that was out of tune with Marx ism, the council cited the following ballad...
...John L. it was a demonstration that the coal industry can and should take care of its injured and aged. Said he: "We are setting up America's best insurance policy against Communism or any other kind of 'ism' and against those who believe that it is the function of the State to regulate completely the lives of all men who are citizens of that State...