Word: loyalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Such occurrences as that which happened at the Anaconda copper mines (TIME, Nov. 23) seem to indicate that America is not yet old enough to become a world power when certain groups would discriminate against a group of Americans as loyal as the Negro...
...They are loyal and patriotic. They were heartbroken when they were taken from line organizations (infantry, artillery, etc.) of the West Coast because "they couldn't be trusted." Many would prefer to be on the firing; line, but accept the Army's decision to use them in other places. They hate the "dirty Japs" as much as the rest...
...considerable financial sacrifice Lemay resigned as assistant conductor of the Minneapolis Orchestra, guided the orchestra through the formative stage, knit its 90 mechanics, doctors, professional musicians and amateurs into an enthusiastic, loyal, harmonious whole and skillfully led them to noteworthy musical excellence...
Last week's apparently panicky shifting of French allegiances left the world wondering who, exactly, was loyal to whom. Final answers to that question would have to wait. But sensational rumors said that many French officers who, for the moment, seemed enemies were really devoted to the same long-standing cause: the restoration of the French monarchy. Those in France naturally still found it expedient to placate Adolf Hitler. Those in French Africa found it profitable to side with the U.S. invasion forces. There was even a special advantage in this dualism: the monarchist movement was hedged against...
When Frank Merriwell was at Yale, things were different. Unhampered by single wingback formations, looping defenses, scouting reports, and five-man lines, the Eli marvel just appeared on the field the day of the Harvard battle, with al loyal band of unpracticed players who were undismayed by a huge, fearful Crimson foe, and snatched victory from defeat with a daring last-second dash in a duel of flying wedges. Merriwell did not have to think about a war, or the fact that Harvard was playing its most honored and blasphemed rival for the last time for the duration. Back...