Word: sloganeers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Imperial Chancellor, Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg, who said that Britain was going to make war on a kindred nation just for the sake of the word "neutrality," just for the sake of "a scrap of paper." From that moment the phrase, "a scrap of paper," became an Allied slogan, fuel for the fire of warfare. It was Sir Edward Goschen who, in reporting the Chancellor's words, wrote himself into history, because the British Empire went to war to uphold the sanctity of inter national contracts and for other very good but less moving reasons. When the news...
President Calvin Coolidge was born on July 4. Now that the confusion of election day approaches, it is rumored that the President's campaign managers will utilize this fact as a slogan. Supporters of Coolidge have always considered him a "men of destiny," and the chance occurrence of his birthday coming on the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence is expected to heighten this reputation. But by the law of averages, there will be 300,000 people in the United States who will not consider the President a "man of destiny," because their own birthdays come on the same date...
...Under the slogan, "One people, one nation, one Kaiser," the German National People's Party launched a strong monarchist drive for the Reichstag elections. A party manifesto demanded repudiation of the Versailles Treaty, urged the youth of the land to tear away "the tissue of lies about Germany's war guilt," to go back to Bismarck and "fight everywhere against the destructive spirit of the Jews...
...Outdoor practice tomorrow," was the optimistic slogan at the baseball cage yesterday afternoon, and after the usual batting session in the cage Coach Slattery sent his charges outside for a few minutes to pass the ball back and forth and limber up generally. If fair weather continues, the entire workout will be outdoors this afternoon...
...validity of 22 electoral votes. A commission of five Representatives, five Senators and five Supreme Court Justices (eight Republicans and seven Democrats) gave the 22 votes to Hayes. Hayes was elected with 185 electoral votes to 184 for Tilden. * Sol. Bloom is generally credited with authorship of the advertising slogan "His Master's Voice...