Word: sloganized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...watch one's words in public, yet they were very free with us in voicing their opposition to the junta. Furthermore, the government has not developed an oppressive, Orwellian ideology, but preaches only anti-communism. "Chile progresses in peace and order" was the first and last slogan we were to see in the country. Chilean propaganda is not propagated in manifestos and youth groups but through anaesthetic state-controlled television and movie imports like Rambo...
...Filipinos from all walks of life swarmed to hear the presidential challenger repeat a simple talk. At each stop, Aquino related the alleged suffering her family had endured at the hands of the Marcos government, culminating in her husband's 1983 assassination. She capped each speech with a slogan: "Sobra na, tama na, palitan na!" (Too much, enough, let's change...
...approached for the scheduled appearance of Marcos and his wife Imelda, helicopters flew overhead trailing red-white-and-blue smoke. Top- ranking Philippine show-business figures worked the crowd into a pleasantly receptive mood. Red-uniformed marching bands began to blare as the faithful chanted the President's campaign slogan, "Marcos pa rin!" (Marcos still...
...Washington hands can tell you that Sputnik changed the capital for good that night. There were suggestions that the U.S. declare a national emergency and conduct an all-out effort to catch up. "Know thine enemy" became the slogan of the day, and schools began offering courses in Russian. The race to conquer the heavens predated even the cold war; when Soviet and American troops entered Germany, they scanned their lists of prisoners for rocket scientists they could trundle home. But Sputnik launched the race right into the heart of the superpower rivalry, where it has remained ever since...
...frontiers are not conquered by cost accountants. Kennedy left the meeting and went into the Oval Office. In a few minutes his aide Ted Sorensen came out and told a friend, "We are going to the moon." It was a goal that suddenly gave real meaning to Kennedy's slogan of a "New Frontier...