Word: sequiturs
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...tarradiddle." Martin was obviously not a Communist because he had been "frequently . . . denounced by the Soviets as various kinds of a Fascist beast," he wrote. And hadn't the New Statesman been denied a correspondent in Moscow? As for MacArthur, said Martin in his best non sequitur fashion, hadn't Americans criticized Britain's Colonel Blimps? Furthermore, "American generals ... don't disguise their view that we [in Britain] may be expendable...
...Washington last week, Joe Alsop read Editor Martin's non sequitur and said: "I don't know what's got into
American Association for the United Nations thought the suggestion was "shocking in its implication," and "might end the last opportunity for an agreement that would prevent a third World War." Eleanor Roosevelt, even-voiced mistress of the deliberate non sequitur, said: "Mr. Hoover's statement seemed a little odd, considering the fact that he is a Quaker. This seemed an action somewhat marching toward...
...last sentence of your excellent piece on the Manchester Guardian [TIME, Nov. 4] may have read like a non sequitur to many of your readers, carrying as it does the odd implication that by sending the paper's trust deed to America during the war, the Guardian in some mysterious way guaranteed that the paper would carry on, in C. P. Scott's words, "as a public service and not for private profit." May I fill in the mystery of this non sequitur...
Both sides have colorful banners to wave. It is no longer a sequitur that all Americans are truthful and good because G. Washington chopped down the cherry tree and then 'fessed up. Democracy is not a working dream. It is a method. In terms of actual employment, Hitler looks good beside Roosevelt. Hitler will give you a quick answer--for a nominal fee. Is the fee worth it? This is the question to be decided, not avoided. If it is avoided, Hitler's false argument holds good. As long as these six hundred books advocate change through the democratic method...