Word: sloganeer
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...rulers of North Viet Nam had economic worries as well as military ones. True to form, Radio Hanoi trumpeted that things were getting better and better, told endlessly about workers "overfulfilling" their production quotas. The new slogan for 1962 had the old dialectical ring: "Fulfill all targets from the very outset-the first day, the first month, the first quarter...
Because Shinto taught that the Emperor was the descendant of the gods who had created Japan, the religion was made a patriotic duty for all Japanese by the country's prewar nationalistic leaders. Shrines received state support, and priests became government officials. The ancient Shinto slogan, Hakko ichiu, meaning "the world under one roof." became the doctrinal justification for Japan's aggressive expansion...
Secession swelled his ego. Elisabethville is plastered with Tshombe portraits distributed by his aides; they are usually emblazoned with a slogan: "II sotiffre pour vous; soyez digne de lui [He is suffering for you; be worthy...
...critics scored Nehru last week for his faith in the slogan Hindi Chini bhai bhai ("Indians and Chinese are brothers"), the talk of ancient cultural ties, and the fact that India and China had not been at war with each other for 1,000 years. But they pointed out that the millennium of peace was also a period during which the two countries had scant contact of any kind, knew nothing of each other, had little in common. By their dogged reliance on Panch Shila in the face of Red China's repeated aggressions, said Socialist Leader Asoka Mehta...
...maintained that Communism appeals to the Latins because it identifies itself with the cause of change, but there is more "slogan-mongering than deep ideological commitment...