Word: travelerism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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He also cautioned against the "contagious seduction of the mass movements of our time. They invite you to unload the responsibilities of personal life upon society as a whole. If you are a fellow-traveler you can hand over the direction of your life to some higher-up."
Through the years some doctors grew envious of the publicity and money, that Dr. Fishbein got as traveler, radio speaker, newspaper columnist and author of 21 popular medical books that have sold 3,000,000 copies. Others resented the efficient battles he fought against anything that smacked of socialized medicine...
Ever since war's end, Konni Zilliacus had been zooming and buzzing around the Labor government's left flank like a gnat harassing an elephant. Several times, the great beast had flapped its ears in protest. Last week it hauled off with its trunk and struck. Konni Zilliacus...
In her 1949 budget, Canada had cut off the 15% wartime excise tax on air and rail tickets (TIME, May 23). In the U.S., a 15% tax was still on. The knowing traveler simply mailed his ticket order to a Canadian office (or went in person if he lived at...
Even more shocking manifestations of capitalist decadence lingered in Traveler Gerasimov's memory. "The naked woman's body, like a national trademark," wrote Gerasimov, "has become the symbol of American commerce. Naked, seminaked, undressing and dressing women fill not only the films but the pages of magazines advertising...