Word: loyalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...rescue went Loyal Oppositionist Winston Churchill. He seconded the plea for no debate-"the utmost restraint must be exercised ... in all comments on the American situation at this time." Then Winston Churchill proceeded to comment: "I cannot believe that this is the last word of the United States. I cannot believe that so great a country . . . would proceed in such a rough and harsh manner...
...country was in an uproar. Only the soldiers and cops seemed to be still loyal to the strong man. Two key members of the Cabinet quit. Even President Edelmiro Farrell, disgusted with puppet doodling, was reportedly threatening to resign...
...Soviet Union, "at the request of its allies ... as a loyal ally," was keeping its promise. Tokyo's failure to heed the Potsdam terms-terms to which the Soviet Union now subscribed-had rendered the previously denounced but legally binding Russian-Japanese neutrality treaty null & void. (For once, the western allies had no mind to belittle a soviet cynicism...
When Winston Churchill walked into the new House of Commons in his new role as Leader of His Majesty's loyal Opposition, Conservatives rose in a body and cheered. Then they sang For He's a Jolly Good Fellow. This was too much for veteran Laborite backbencher George Griffith. He burst into the Red Flag. Soon all the Government members joined in. Through the ancient chamber rang the words of the left-wing inspirational hymn (tune: O, Tannenbaum...
Last week Moscow's Patriarch had his answer. It came from San Francisco's Metropolitan Theophilus and his clergy, who had carefully studied the new terms: "It would be inconsistent with the duties and obligations of loyal American and Canadian citizens, and contrary to the traditional atmosphere of freedom of speech and political action in these countries, for the Russian Church in America to give the pledge of loyalty to a foreign power...