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Rule 1. The candidate must have a solid American background-as humble as possible. As birthplace, a log cabin is best, a farm nearly as good, the combination practically irresistible. For parents, the watchword is poor but honest. In the family background, a horse thief is fatal, a millionaire nearly...
...food, like French heavy industry and French labor, was being transferred to Germany. Hitler was following Machiavelli's preachment: "He who becomes master of a city accustomed to freedom and does not destroy it may expect to be destroyed by it, for in rebellion it has always the watchword of liberty. . . ." In France last week the sound of the watchword was growing louder...
...Eschewing orchids" may be hard on the florists and "courage" is not such a poor watchword...
...lavish." Some of the delegates, said Mrs. Pouch, are even planning to wear old clothes. Added President Pouch: "We are going to emulate President General Mrs. Russell William Magna, who in 1931 wore only one eve ning dress and only one street dress during the entire convention." Watchword chosen for the 1942 convention: Courage...
...will advance over blackened ruins, through blasted and fireswept cities, across scorched plains. . . . Our fighting forces are born attackers. We will hit the enemy wherever we can. . . . It means risks, but safety first is the devil's watchword today...