Word: loyalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...three weeks tough, scow-prowed Joe Curran, president of the National Maritime Union and once a loyal follower of the Communist line, had been fighting the Commies at the N.M.U.'s convention in Manhattan. It had been hard going; the N.M.U. is one of the most Communist-riddled of all U.S. unions...
Although the Freedom Train has the Department of Justice as its official sponsor, it is being run and paid for by the American Heritage Foundation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization backed by such diverse groups as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the C.I.O., the A.F.L., the Loyal Order of Moose and the Girl Scouts. Estimated cost of the Freedom Train's tour: $900,000 (of which only $300,000 has yet been raised...
...Labor Government was jubilant. If the Edge Hill vote meant anything, it meant that the socialists could still count on the workers to give the Labor Party a loyal working-class vote regardless of conditions. Moreover, Prime Minister Attlee, rightly or wrongly, believed that the Labor Government had hit the bottom of the chute, and that its standing with the voters, since it could scarcely go lower, must go up. Noting that Labor has not lost any seat in by-elections since 1945, London's Daily Herald burbled: "It is more than 70 years since a Government has enjoyed...
...Loyal citizens held fast-they figured that they could still cool off and clean up in the Pacific Ocean. But in the middle of the heat and smog wave, the state Board of Health found that the local coastal waters were polluted with sewage. Promptly, if reluctantly, the board quarantined twelve miles of Los Angeles' best beach...
...month (TIME, March 12, 1945). The day after he turned in his uniform, in November 1945, Johnny started singing on NBC's Teentimers show for $500 a week. Now he makes $75,000 a year. Although many of his ex-G.I. fans are still loyal to "The Creamer" (he has a "creamy" voice), Johnny has not yet overwhelmed the folks at home...