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Of course, this is largely for effect. The trade-agreements program has been conducted with great regard for the needs of American industry. Negotiations are begun only after those affected have been consulted. And concessions are made on a modest scale. The idea that the Eisenhower Administration, or any administration...
¶The 31-year-old Commonweal, owned and edited by Roman Catholic laymen, said in a recent editorial to its readers (80% Catholic): "We have no more standing in the Church than any other laymen...but we have always been left entirely free by the proper Church authorities size up...
To one of his rare heroes. O'Casey can also bring himself to toss a rhetorical posy: "Oh, Shaw, there is not your equal now! When shall we see your like again!" A roguish wordmonger, O'Casey peppers each page with Joycean puns and wordplays, e.g., Tea Deum...
With rhetorical sarcasm, the U.S. Secretary of State asked at Berlin: "Who is this Chou En-lai?"
Unquestionably, the New York "Daily Worker" produced the most rhetorical news. "America's leading fascist employed everything except the jackboot, bayonet, and bludgeon . . .," began its lead paragraph.