Word: sloganeered
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Living up to his campaign slogan, LET'S GO WITH LABOR, Britain's new Prime Minister went, went, went. In a few whirlwind days last week, Harold Wilson issued a series of edicts and exhortations that clearly proclaimed both the pragmatic aims and no-nonsense style of his administration...
...West Indians, Pakistanis and Sikhs from India, turning whole neighborhoods into slums. Because the Laborites originally opposed Tory-sponsored curbs on Commonwealth immigration (actually, they have since changed their stand), and because the party platform blames conditions on "landlordism" rather than on the immigrants themselves, a devastating local slogan arose: "If you want a nigger neighbor, vote Labor...
...January, when Volpe announced for the Republican nomination, he focused his attack on Governor Peabody. It was then an issueless campaign, centered on the unconvincing slogan of "Bring Back Volpe," for the ex-Governor privately admires Peabody for his plans for constitutional reform. The rise of Francis Bellotti, however, has handed Volpe concrete issues, as evidenced by the new Republican campaign posters: "Volpe--A Man You Can Trust...
...compelling, a slogan must above all be simple. Its acceptance, says University of Houston Psychologist Richard Evans, "is rooted in man's basic intolerance for ambiguity." But it doesn't always work that way. One of the most successful slogans in recent years was a "Vote for clean water" campaign in St. Louis, which led many citizens to believe that a proposed $95 million bond issue would be spent to purify their drinking water. In fact, it was intended to reduce pollution of the Mississippi River downstream from the city, but confused St. Louisans passed the bond issue...
...Tyler was the Whig vice-presidential candidate in 1840. "Tippecanoe" was used to glamorize Gentleman Farmer William Henry Harrison, who had scored a dubious victory over the Indians in a skirmish at Tippecanoe Creek 29 years earlier, but routed Martin Van Buren in the election. A more forgettable Whig slogan affirmed: "With Tip and Tyler we'll bust Van's biler...