Word: claptrap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...among Dr. Rauschning's revelations: 1) Nazi theories are so much window-dressing for befuddling the masses: 2) Germany's real rulers, a small Nazi inner circle or "elite," have one program-power, one plan-plunder, one tactic-terror; 3) this inner plunderbund secretly laughs at Nazi claptrap about race, blood, soil, considers Mein Kampf oldfashioned; 4) they plan to make Germany a base from which to conquer the world; 5) they expect a socialist "second revolution" which will destroy the last remnants of Christianity, individual freedom, reduce the German people to collective serfdom; 6) in alliance with...
...Chamberlain and Daladier conducted themselves as dignified men of reason and intelligent representatives of nations prepared to fight to their utmost ability if necessary. Lesser men would have been tempted to again snare conceited, sentimental, weak-minded Uncle Sam under the claptrap against dictators and antireligion...
Such sermons as this Pastor Niemoller preached Sunday after Sunday to Berlin's most fashionable congregation, and the fact that they stood and still stand by him is proof of how little liking German aristocrats have for the whole Nazi claptrap of neopaganism and "pure race." The issue of the Jews is a separate issue, and neither the Dahlem aristocrats nor their pastor have shown themselves pro-Semitic, if anything the reverse. In the fiery prisoner-pastor's words: "Dear brethren, the reason is easily given: the Jews brought the Christ of God to the Cross...
Critics wrote reverently when they saluted the departing Maestro, recalled his many magical performances, his tireless quest for perfection, his abhorrence of all claptrap. Few other conductors could have withstood the adulation that has been lavished on Toscanini during his decade with the Philharmonic. Yet not one commentator has failed to point to Toscanini's humility in the presence of great music. When players interrupted a rehearsal to applaud their leader, he would cut them short with: "It is not I, Gentlemen. It is Beethoven...
...good bill at the University Theatre today and tomorrow. The Irving Berlin music, sung and danced to perfectly by Fred Astaire and his tow-haired partner, provide hearty amusement. The story, as properly in a musical, is not much, but is gratifyingly free of dear old U. S. Navy claptrap and features a pleasantly satiric song about the Atlantic and the Pacific and "the admiral who's never been to sea." "I'm Putting All My Eggs in One Basket," "Let Yourself Go," "Get Thee Behind Me Satan," and "Where Are You?" are all hits. A wistful little girl named...