Word: loyalism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Loyal, mediocre Democratic Senator James Michael Mead had a plurality nearly double Franklin Roosevelt's in New York. He also had a winning lead (7-6) over Republican Bruce Barton. Barton's former seat in the House was won by Republican Kenneth Simpson...
...nevertheless more effective, man to man, with Senators, Congressmen and just plain people. Earthy, heavily humorous, direct, he inspired admiration but neither idolatrous devotion nor awe. And he had one surpassing quality that Mr. Roosevelt did not have: he was not tolerant of incompetence. No one who was merely loyal worked in Wallace's Department of Agriculture...
Recently he had been forced, for political considerations (there was a campaign on), to banish from his side a number of his closest friends, headed by stringy, loyal Harry Hopkins. The strict procession of his daily chores, his day-&-night responsibility for the U. S. (there was a world revolution on) had left him few minutes in any day for the relaxations a plain citizen may enjoy...
...able to change horses, to change from one that is floundering . . . to one that will carry us safely. . . . We must choose between a centralized government in Washington or a government by the people; between debts and deficits or a future for our children; between evasion of the Constitution or loyal observance to it; between staying out of war or being pushed into...
...Belgian Chamber of Representatives issued a not-too-convincing rebuttal. Said he: "There was no treason involved. The King gave himself up in order to share the fate of his Army. He was then and is now a prisoner of war. The Belgian Ministers in London are still loyal to the King and, having pledged cooperation with the British cause, are working for victory and the day of the King's release...