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Word: queuetopia (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...Ceylon (combined pop. 411 million), he had also given to Britain a new way of life. Some of Attlee's followers called it Socialism; some called it "fair shares for all"; some called it the welfare state. Winston Churchill last week scornfully snarled out another name for it: "Queuetopia." Spendthrift's End? Whatever it was, the regime of queues and 40% taxes and womb-to-tomb security had come to judgment. On Feb. 23, Britain's voters would decide whether the Labor Party should have another five-year grant of power to continue and extend their experiment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Osmosis in Queuetopia | 2/6/1950 | See Source »

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