Word: isolationist
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Henry Wallace warned that a return to the high-tariff policies of the 19203 and 19303 would "indicate to the world that the U.S. had gone isolationist." Solemnly he said that, if the law were allowed to expire, small nations would conclude that soon the U.S. would raise tariffs...
Cherrington remarked that despite its conservative and isolationist aspects in normal times, provincialism in this country has "proved to be an amazingly flexible thing. Coupled with American vitality it can pull us through. Although we cannot destroy provincialism, we can bring it up to date...
That Arthur Vandenberg, once a rock-ribbed isolationist, should thus become a man whose actions and opinions could do so much to shape the peace of the world was a sizable fact. He could have become the Henry Cabot Lodge of 1945, but he did not. Like the U.S., he had learned the hard way: the deadly march of worldwide war had shown him what was wrong with isolationism. It had not been a sudden change: like the U.S., he had come a long, slow way since...
...anti-discrimination bill (TIME, March 19) and other "liberal" measures, many a conservative Republican eyebrow was lifted. Last week Chairman Brownell appointed, as Congressional aide to the National Committee, round-faced, ex-Senator John Anthony Danaher, of Connecticut, who had been beaten last fall largely on his isolationist voting record. But John Danaher had gained the respect of Republican Senators and Congressmen, of all shades of opinion, for his legal talents and his capacity for hard work...
...Love Song of an Isolationist" My love for you is of the very cleanest...