Word: myths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Poet Untermeyer understood the tragedy of Jewish exile in Egypt, understood the something-more-than-Jew which enabled Moses to organize the return to Palestine. This something more Untermeyer fixes at 50% Egyptian blood, combined with upbringing at the sophisticated Egyptian court. The bulrush theory is but a myth concocted for publicity purposes when the Pharaoh's daughter found herself with child of a passionate Semitic lover...
Stockmarketeers gasped and gaped. It was not so much that Mr. Raskob had exploded the current myth of the Raskob-Du Pont pool. It was not impossible to believe that he had been out of the market all summer. But that the great bull should have turned into a bear was a blow which could only be described as catastrophic. Seeking a parallel, traders suggested that Nominee Hoover might issue such a statement as this: "My name has been frequently mentioned as being prominently identified with the Republican party. As a matter of fact I have never been a Republican...
TIME, perpetuating an ancient myth, can help explode it. Artificial limbs are made of willow-metal; never of cork. I know. I've had to buy one every five years for half a century...
Prosperity: "The Republican party builds its case upon a myth. We are told that only under the benevolent administration of that party can the country enjoy prosperity. When four million men, desirous to work and support their families, are unable to secure employment there is very little in the picture of prosperity to attract them and the millions dependent upon them...
...Reading about Hearst may well become a national pastime. The man is like a character in a Greek myth; people have heard dozens of tales about him, suspect or imagine dozens more, know for a fact very few. Writer Winkler once worked for him and knows him as well as any man is permitted to know...