Word: sloganizing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...till one side or the other is licked. . . . There is no mercy in the philosophy of those who believe that the natural law that permits those animals to survive who are strongest in cunning and physical might also applies to the races and nations of men. Under such a slogan all destruction of cities and innocent non-combatants is justified, for each child is a potential enemy in their eyes...
Harvard's James Bryant Conant: "Education as usual should be our slogan. If this seems too tame a slogan for these exciting days, let me remind you . . . that this nation now emerges from chaos as the significant home of the arts, of literature, of scholarship, of science. ... I ... make certain assumptions about the next ten years . . . [that] we are not facing the end of civilization . . . that the devastation of the European war will place a unique burden upon the citizens of this nation to carry forward the culture of our time...
...three of the would-be City Councilors named as their slogan "A New Deal for the Citizens of Cambridge." Names of the candidates are: Edward J. Gordon, ocC, councilor at large; Albert L. Maguire '40, councilor from Ward 7; and Nicholas De Palma '40, from Ward...
...this neutrality debate, the anti-repealers have the strategic edge. Made-to-order is the dramatic slogan: "Repeal means war." It fits nicely into newspaper headlines; it has an overwhelming, if irrational, appeal; it is difficult to answer. The supporters of repeal must resort to logic, to reason, to fact in their argument; and such an approach is never so effective in the political arena. Moreover, the fundamental argument for repeal, that a shortening of the war's duration and an increase in the Allies' chances of victory maximize America's chances of staying at peace--this argument cannot...
...Reconstruction and Germanization." The announced slogan of Nazi Labor Service battalions and Storm Troops in Germany's slice of Poland last week were "Reconstruction and Germanization!" Nearly all important bridges had been destroyed, either by German bombers or retreating Polish troops, and the first big job of the Labor Service was floating pontoons and patching up Polish bridgework which could be repaired. Meanwhile, the arms and eagles of Poland were torn down from municipal buildings, replaced by the swastika, and Polish street names were swiftly changed to German. The principal stores, hotels and business houses were left...