Word: partisanships
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have been of front page importance. The fact is a matter of judgment. Nevertheless, the evident alignment of the Democratic papers on the positive side of this proposition and of the Republican on the negative, suggests that one of the constant elements in such journalistic judgment is partisanship. Either the one side was touting a triviality or the other was suppressing a significance...
...Walker is apparently intent on throwing out partisanship from certain parts of the city government. His appointments for Police Commissioner, Health Commissioner, and Commissioner of Plants and Structures were considered to be made on the basis of qualifications, with politics only as a minor consideration. It was announced in advance that the Health Commissioner would not be appointed without the approval of the Academy of Medicine. In a part of his address which he did not read, Mayor Walker promised...
Aside from the fact that the formula is a politically astute conception, it has the advantage, if properly employed, of affording an unpartisan expert investigation, and of settling the public's mind on questions which would otherwise be only wind and partisanship...
...favor of the organization of a Third Party, and did not join the movement. I never questioned the sincerity or patriotism of those who went into the Third Party movement, but it seemed to me that what the country was suffering most from was too much partisanship...
...object of attack. To anyone who is familiar with the facts in the case, there can be only two explanations of the attitude taken by the writer; either gross ignorance of the facts involved, or partisan motivation. I cannot believe the writer has been naive enough to show partisanship in an attack on partisanship; and, as I prefer to be charitable, I must assume the former alternative. To anyone who has followed the matters discussed by the writer, it is quite evident that he is ignorant of several things...