Word: litmus
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...said the events of the next two weeks will determine future relations between the West and South Africa and added, "South Africa will be the litmus test of U.S. ability to face new international problems...
...have never gone into the districts in a systematic political way and a consumer bill is our ultimate litmus paper test issue." Green stated at the outset of the Nickel Campaign. "At this point we're beyond the merits of the bill, which are considerable but which have not proven enough. We are now working on the politics." Friday night just before the campaign was officially underway, Nader complained to Green when another member of the staff left the office...
...eating a peach and thumbing absentmindedly through an old magazine. When we discover that Martin is not just a scraggly bearded recluse but a runaway on whom a major corporation is keeping tabs, that the menagerie of bottles and papers on his desk are really essences and litmus for scent-creation, it adds a delightfully absurd new dimension to his character...
...Jubilant leftists sang militant choruses of the long-banned Internationale, and a huge PARTIDO COMUNISTA DE ESPAÑA sign was posted outside party headquarters. Suarez's action was generally applauded by Spain's left and center politicians, who regarded the lifting of the ban as a litmus of the regime's commitment to democracy...
...issue: it sets up a false dichotomy and thereby excludes alternative programs from consideration. Yet in the heat of political campaigns such specious reasoning is surprisingly effective; millions of Americans who had never heard of, much less read, the Humphrey-Hawkins bill were persuaded to accept it as a litmus test of a candidate's commitment to full employment...