Word: lessers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...they sing Rule, Britannia in Moscow? Not quite. But they are no longer being really beastly to the British. Russia's serpentine propaganda currently presents the U.S. as the total villain, while Britain is rapidly becoming the lesser of two evildoers. The maneuver, as transparent as a jigger of vodka, is simply designed to split Britain from...
...object lesson, Radio Moscow demonstrated how it's done. Said one aerial pundit: "American monopolists . . . conceal . . . far-reaching plans for ousting British capital [and] opening the way to India's enslavement. . . ." Said Evgeny Zhukov: Indian leaders feared U.S. "encroachment" and chose continuing ties with Britain as "the lesser of two evils...
Between the great cycles come lesser cycles, when the cold advances or retreats a little. This is probably what is happening now; it may be only a short spell of fever, to be followed soon by chills. But there are cheering precedents in history...
...head pointing north, the patient receives "tonations" at favorable times of the day, with a "Favorscope," which is supposed to correct unfavorable "solar, lunar, terrestrial radiant, and gravitational influences." Appropriately colored lights, said Inventor Dinshah P. Ghadiali, are wonderfully effective against diabetes, cancer, tuberculosis, appendicitis, syphilis and hundreds of lesser ills. The lamp was not for sale; to be treated, a patient had to join Ghadiali's "institute...
...minute talk "Jerry" has run through most of the emotions and theatrics undergone by an actor in half a lifetime. A master at satire, an expert at pantomime, overflowing with an intricate knowledge of some of the lesser known details in the lives of almost every English author, Professor Whiting has never played it straight...