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...party that has drifted along on outworn policies for 20 years, and has been, at best, a bumbling wartime parliamentary opposition, the Conservatives face a difficult task in regaining the Dominion's confidence. As Progressive-Conservatives under "Honest Jack" Bracken they have what may be their last opportunity. Party leaders expected to draft a platform that would: 1) attack the Liberal Party where it is most vulnerable (pussyfooting on basic war problems); 2) woo enough diverse support to capitalize on the expected post-war reaction to the present Liberal regime, As a starter, the party approved a four-point...
Even in those early days Maria's influence was potent. Editors often were told by Sam that "Ria says" this or that ought to be done; they did it. She heard that the outworn U.S.S. Oregon, relic of the Spanish-American War, was to be decommissioned by the Navy. Said she: it ought to be brought to Portland, turned into a shrine. Soon the massive battleship was anchored in the Willamette River in downtown Portland...
With this triumph over the Fascist-minded National (Blanco) Party, acceptance of a new Constitution drafted by President Baldomir seemed a certainty. It would replace the outworn Constitution promulgated eight years ago after a coup d'état by the late President Gabriel Terra, which gave minority parties a disproportionate voice in public affairs...
Only Willkie could have condemned so caustically the Anglo-American record of broken promises and outworn premises. Winston Churchill cannot criticize Britain's vacillation in India, nor Franklin Roosevelt rebuke his own appointees for faulty administration of Lease-Lend. Complaints from Joseph Stalin or Chiang Kai-shek would have been dismissed as "Communist" or "Oriental" gripings. But when the titulary leader of the opposition party speaks his mind so candidly, his works command attention and respect...
Included in the pile were parts of motors from launches, pulleys, wires, and other outworn equipment. Largest single item was a collection of crimson-painted outriggers, which had no doubt seen service on Varsity shells at one time...