Word: volk
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...Vive v. Volk...
...Populaire, organ of France's Socialist Party, praised the Prime Ministers for establishing "an equilibrium between political and military imperatives." And in Belgium the Roman Catholic Het Volk took comfort in the thought that "the Russians will be placed face to face with clear and concrete disarmament proposals. If the Soviets refuse again, a period of painful pessimism may follow, but at least the world will know where it stands...
...down the room like a drum majorette." The "Rah, rah, rah!" refrain of Harvardmen, by Putzi's account, became the thunderous "Sieg Heil! Sieg Heil!" of the Brownshirt demonstrations. Storm Trooper bands blared their goose-step rhythms with a between-halves unison. Such Nazi slogans as Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Führer were patterned on the effective use of catch phrases in U.S. election campaigns. As Hitler's "American expert," Putzi modestly admits: "I suppose I must take my share of the blame...
Admitting only that he had given the British newsman a lift, Van Maasdijk promptly denied the rest of the story. But whether the Pictorial spoke the truth or not, declared the potent Het Vrije Volk, the whole thing was "a shameful affair which shows the necessity not only of being in earnest about changes at the court but also of making haste...
...Outside, an excited crowd waited for the first appearance of their new Prime Minister. "Dis die leeul" (It is the Lion), they cried, and hoisted him shoulder high. No smile, no sign of expression crossed the Lion's feline face as supporters began singing the Boer song Vrye Volk. Wailed Daniel Malan when he heard of it: "I have miscalculated . . . I have miscalculated...