Word: popular
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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During World War II it had been popular to say with the geopoliticians that whoever controlled the Eurasian heartland would dominate the rimlands and the rest of the world. The geopolitical fad had passed, but the fact remained-augmented, by Russia's successes in the war and at the Yalta and Potsdam Conferences, to ominous power...
...sudden thought. Said he to the Legion's former National Commander Paul Griffith: "I know, Commander, that you will forgive me for suggesting the other day at Southport that you should take the gold out of Fort Knox. It does not seem to have been a very popular speech in America." While the diners laughed, Bevin continued: "Well, I do not mind whether it is Lend-Lease or that [gold], but all I say is this, that you can't get settlement in the world unless you get these economic conditions right...
Mexicans crowded Mexico City's cypress-shaded Chapultepec Park to mark the 100th anniversary of Los Niños Heroes. Even after President Truman's popular gesture in visiting Los Niños monument last March, it was a touchy moment. Some Americans and Mexicans thought that to send West Point cadets to last week's ceremony was a big mistake...
...Armchair Audit" Popular...
Bending to what it's editors termed "popular demand," Radditudes, Radcliffe's answer to the magazine Advocate, announced plans yesterday to leave the strictly literary field, take Harvard representatives onto its staff, and explore sectors not covered by other undergraduate publications...