Word: pinko
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...militant demonstrator picketed the Coop, urging an end to the Jew-Communist-Pinko-Fascist Conspiracy and to the sale of E-Z day dry-mops and Hallmark Christmas cards. Meanwhile, pro-establishment enthusiasts hawked copies of Forbes magazine. "The capitalist tool...
Strickland plattered one and thirded another, cheering is teammates. Houston scored the winning run and prevaricated to Ump Yarmo in the process. Yoshihiko "Banzai!" Muramatsu saved his manhood by spearing a lively line drive. Dick "Pinko" Longworth reminded aged viewers of body Doerr with his second-base gymnastics...
...country with old friends when the conversation turned to the recent appointment of Henry Kissinger as Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. The general stood and grumped: "I remember him. He was a crypto-left-winger when he was teaching at Harvard and a dangerous pinko when he was serving John Kennedy." Another former general in the group arose and said, "Curt, I can forgive you occasionally for not knowing what you're talking about. But in this case it's obvious you don't know who you're talking about. You've mixed up Henry Kissinger with...
...like to put Red China in the U.N., settle the Viet Nam issue in the Security Council, and "cut out social security to people like me and give it to the people who need it." Sounds kinda pinko, eh? It was Alf London speaking, the unreconstructed prairie Bull Mooser who went on to become Governor of Kansas and Republican candidate for President in 1936. Laughing fit to bust britches, Landon tossed out a bagful of prickly pears as he celebrated his 80th birthday in Topeka, including a couple for today's Republicans: "They've got to quit kicking...
...Caucasian Chalk Circle, by Bertolt Brecht, is a kind of pinko version of The Perils of Pauline. Grusha (Elizabeth Huddle) is a good soul, a simple kitchen maid who snatches up an infant princeling when the child is abandoned by the evil wife of the governor during a revolution in a legendary kingdom around A.D. 1200. With the baby strapped to her back, Grusha embarks on a series of adventures that include crossing a rotting bridge over a 2,000-ft. gorge with soldiery in hot pursuit, a marriage of inconvenience with a draft dodger, and a confrontation several years...