Word: opinionative
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lean, smartly dressed, wearing his hat rakishly on the back of his head, solemn and almost macabre in appearance, Colonel Beck is probably the most unpopular of big Polish politicians. But political unpopularity matters little in Poland. One Pole out of five is illiterate. Communications are comparatively undeveloped, public opinion slow to form. The peasantry in many parts of the country spend most of their time and interest on trying to get enough to eat to keep alive...
What public opinion there is in Poland is undoubtedly strongly anti-German and pro-French. No love has ever been lost between Pole and Teuton, who have fought no less than 60 wars in the last 1,000 years. The student demonstrations could have been, and probably were, genuine outpourings of indignation. But suspicious correspondents had their own ideas of why they were not quickly and effectively suppressed. They suspected that Colonel Beck, now entertaining the Foreign Minister of one of the axis powers, looked not unfavorably upon riots against the other power in the hope that they might persuade...
Fortnight ago, M.P.s in the House of Commons took Sir Reginald to task for his residence abroad. Laborite Frederick J. Bellenger called it an "insult to public opinion." Laborite Albert V. Alexander pointed out scornfully that the General saves income taxes by living abroad. Joining the attack was Colonel Sir Joseph Nail, Conservative. Defending Sir Reginald was Oliver Stanley, president of the Board of Trade. Sir Reginald flew to London, denied he intended to resign, with military gruffness termed the M.P.s' attack "a lot of idle chatter. More like village gossip. Pity they haven't anything better...
...them as a basis for further negotiations, but suggested they would continue their peace negotiations with the British and Arabs on some other basis. U. S. Ambassador to Britain Joseph P. Kennedy told British Foreign Secretary Viscount Halifax that the British plan would have a "disastrous effect on public opinion...
...caused a terrific loss of Government revenue, cut down production in many industries, led to sky-high prices, and, in some cases, lower wages. Ever since there has been a growing desire among many Mexicans for a more moderate policy than President Cárdenas', and best-informed opinion last week was that the well-organized labor and peasant blocs had sensed this desire and accordingly backed a candidate sure to get the nation's approval...