Word: sham
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...baiting a la Dies," claimed proprietors of the Holyoke Bookshop in a sharp denial of charges made yesterday by City Councilor Mickey (The Dude) Sullivan to the effect that the 19 Dunster Street establishment is a red nest" and merely a "sham" through which Communist propaganda is being distributed to "unsuspecting students...
...sincerity of the Lion of Idaho, Senator Borah; or the high-mindedness of the President, who surely knew that his place in history was secure if he succeeded in keeping the U. S. out of war? Vag even began to wonder if this were not just a great sham battle, masking the intrigues of powerful men behind the scenes...
...sees no great possibilities of concluding peace now, but as long as sham war continues he claims there is still a chance...
...lyrics, Hay tries to show up the "human sham" by making candid modern mention of it. But since her verses proclaim the sham "natural" they merely give publicity to what they set out to expose...
...Which is the natural human sham...