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Even in this section where conservatism has been the watchword for generations, people are speaking of the recent filibustering in Washington as "putting a premium on ignorance and its synonyms...
...time Dictator Stalin launched the Five Year Plan in 1928 his Asiatic character had somewhat changed and his watchword became work, work, work? even for women, even for his wife...
...national policy is, thus, that of a Far Eastern Monroe Doctrine. The League of Nations is not necessary to Japan. We have no occasion to poke our nose into Europe's affairs. We should concentrate our efforts on the stabilization of Asia. . . . 'Back to Asia' is the watchword of our party. We may be forced to quit the League and China may renew her campaign against us. We must prepare for repetition of the Shanghai affair, and it is impossible to expect improvement in our relations with the United States; they are likely to become worse. . . . Extraordinary measures, in which...
...wondering if the new regime would stiffen or crack the B. E. F.'s morale, wondering why the men hung on anyhow, hoping for an impossible cash Bonus settlement from a Congress which had already denied it. Characteristic of the whole perverse, stolid affair was the new camp watchword: "Stick...
...Hurrah!" roared the students. "Rifle and Book! Rifle and Book! Hurrah for our Duce. Rifle and Book!" Said one of the Dictator's secretaries, "His Excellency personally devised the watchword 'Rifle and Book!' It symbolizes the twofold duty of Fascist students and is now the recognized basis of university training in Italy...