Word: sloganeered
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...Minnesota, Ohio) does the ballot clearly show which presidential candidate each prospective delegate favors. In others, the voter either sees no indication on the ballot or is confronted with some more or less vague bit of prose. In Oregon, where the candidate for delegate may have a twelve-word slogan after his name on the ballot, one 1948 aspirant offered the voter this guidance: "You may have full confidence I will do my duty as delegate...
...medium of exchange. French occupation authorities also outlawed the Saar's pro-German Democratic Party, censored German newspapers, expelled Catholic priests who opposed the separation of the Saar from the German bishopric of Trier. So long as West Germany itself was destitute, Saarlanders cynically adopted the slogan, "Our hearts belong to Germany, but our stomachs feel for France." But as West Germany's standard of living improved, Saar stomachs as well as hearts felt drawn to the Vaterland. Last week matters came to a head when France gave Commissioner Grandval a fancy new title: ambassador to the Saar...
...sugar, tobacco and pineapple kingdom, hulking Benito Remedies, 64, was more or less a law unto himself. To make good & sure, he had for 20 years bought a seat in Congress from one party or another ("I'll pay twice as much as anyone else," was his slogan). That gave him the comfortable protection of congressional immunity from arrest for such peccadillos as slugging impertinent policemen or beating up bus drivers. Over the years 76 charges, none of which had been prosecuted, piled up against...
Another story centers around Prague's new slogan, "We Live More Joyfully." A reporter interviews a worker on whether the slogan is true. Of course, replies the worker: "My wife and I work in a factory. I get up at 5 o'clock . . . rush to the dairy ... am third in line ... get some milk and the last two rolls. We are joyful that we have a breakfast. We leave for work before 6 o'clock, and there are still some seats on the streetcar. We are joyful that we can sit down ... When we come home...
...Southern Railway System 14 years ago, Ernest Eden Norris set a goal for himself: humanize the railroad. A longtime railroader who got his start as a telegrapher, Norris had a brash air about him, a funny story for every occasion and a firm belief in the Southern's slogan: "Look ahead-look South!" But the Southern needed more than humanizing; it was deep in debt and losing money fast. Norris decided to fix that...