Word: ism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...away from Giraud. He decided to switch sides. He approached an influential colonial family with contacts in the De Gaullist camp. A plan was devised. Peyrouton would send a letter of resignation to De Gaulle, who would accept, give Peyrouton an army commission. Later, his good faith and patriot ism established, Peyrouton would be returned to civil office...
Sirs: Your recent discussion of R.A.F. expressions (TIME, March 22) was read here with much interest, especially by our friends in that organization. Americans regret, however, that you omitted reference to one RAF-ism that we take an extremely dim view of: "U.S." as an abbreviation for "unserviceable." We are browned off by it, and hope it will...
...world is getting tired of German-provoked wars," Allport said, and for that reason, a 30 year "government by commission" headed by German as well as by international leaders, could solve the problem of eliminating Nazi-ism and preparing the German people for the time when they will govern themselves and take part, unaggressively, in a world federation...
...That Peggy Guggenheim is no one-ism woman, TIME is well aware. But Surrealist Pope Ernst's permanent residence in Peggy Guggenheim's mansion makes it Surrealism's Vatican...
Unlike his two Congressional colleagues, lank, angular Hamilton Fish wants to stay in. Ham had hawked his brand of isolation ism far & wide; had worked hard against the President, against England; often, before Pearl Harbor, advocated a negotiated peace. Stepping out of Joachim von Ribbentrop's plane in 1939, Fish opined that Germany's claims were "just." Two months ago he finally went before a District Court to explain his relations with George Sylvester Viereck, Nazi propaganda agent, and there let the blame fall on his secretary, George Hill, already in jail for perjury in the matter...