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...note: 1) The "duping" of America in 1917 is now a catchword, having its basis in the fact that our military victory failed to achieve the ideals for which we fought. Thus it has no reference to the possible results of a German victory in 1919. These possibilities can only be subjects of speculation...
...unctuous words is ephemeral and open to whatever interpretation the listener may be disposed to make; usually, for the outlander, they mean about as much as abracadabra. But to us Elis, who glibly parrot this phrase, it leaves an impression of abstract vapidity that often passes for profundity. A catchword that rolls neatly off the tongue, it is used with equanimity both for accepting praise and for repelling criticism. What, then, does it mean...
...fare from 5? or to abrogate the dual contracts. Raising the fare is politically impossible and the only way the contracts can be abrogated is for the city to take over the two private systems, merge them with its own Independent line. Sporadically, until it seemed an empty catchword, transit unification has come up in New York City politics...
...Secretary of the Treasury under Jefferson and Madison; he was also "the father of American ethnology" and originator of the world's first systematic plan of profit-sharing, introduced in his Pennsylvania glass works in 1794. His idea was so simple in theory that it became a catchword of capitalism but it is so complex in practice that few companies have tried it. Last week a Senate committee started to find out why this is so and what, if anything, should be done about it. At least it should provide a neat display of benign capitalism as an antidote...
...permanent credit of the administration. Mr. Hoover's quip about the "more abundant life" is an indication of the shallow thought behind his attack. The man who coined the phrase, "Prosperity is just around the corner," should look before he leaps on another man's catchword...