Word: lapelled
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wars are too complex for such simplism. Hearts and Minds discounts those who were genuinely confused or frightened by Communism, and who were being used by McCarthy and his cohort. It minimizes or patronizes those for whom patriotism was more than the fatuous wearing of a flag in a lapel, yet never understood why their sons were sent off to die. On occasion, it brilliantly illustrates America's grievous misunderstanding and savage oversimplification of the Viet Nam War. But, oversimplifying itself, it dismisses those who perceived the intricacies of history, who refused to condone totalitarianism simply because they loathed...
...auditorium at the State House was jammed with nearly a thousand people, most of them sporting lapel buttons that said, "Stick to your Guns!" There were hundreds of burly men, young and old, wearing red hunting jackets decorated with patches that identified gun clubs and sportsmen's associations from all over the state...
When President Ford began sporting his lapel button proclaiming WIN (for Whip Inflation Now), a Miami entrepreneur named Marvin D. Baida was quick to see the possibilities. But when he tried to peddle WIN pins for a quarter each, there were few takers. Then Baida had an inspiration: he started selling a 25? button that declared SIN (for Stop Inflation Now). The public took to SIN instantly: 60,000 pins have been ordered, and Baida has branched out into T shirts and bumper stickers (HONK IF YOU WANT...
With a small American flag pinned to his lapel, Loeb made his own ideological leanings perfectly obvious in a question-and-answer session...
Recruiting Effort. "Grow more and waste less," he urged. "Drive less, heat less." Wearing a red-and-white lapel button reading "WIN"-for Whip Inflation Now-he called "upon every American to join in this massive mobilization and stick with it until we do win as a nation and as a people." At White House request, newspapers the next day printed an enlistment form for "inflation fighters"; the first 100,000 people to fill out the form and mail it to the White House will get a free WIN button...