Word: macdonaldization
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...dispose of. There were thorny problems to solve; but all these things were as nothing compared to the task, which had been set, of drafting a plan for the building of new Europe and the renovation of the rest of the world. Two great speeches from Premiers Ramsay MacDonald of Britain and Edouard Herriot of France indicated that the building was to be in the style of arbitration, security and disarmament. The chief draftsman was no longer Lord Cecil; Dr. Eduard Benes was the man nominated for the post; and his ideas were largely synonymous with those of Prof. Shotwell...
...What terrible weather you English have," said Egyptian Premier Zaghlul Pasha to Premier MacDonald...
...replied MacDonald, "the political elements always get aroused about this time of the year...
...Parliament than he bowed into the annual convention of the Labor Party to start his campaign. And this campaign will be waged with applause still drowning out the murmur of the Russian affair, with the Conservatives unprepared, and with the Liberals undecided which way to turn, shouldering MacDonald's own responsibility for the unpopular election. Almost by coincidence a new electoral register comes into force on October 15, giving the Labor party with its far superior clerical machinery a distinct advantage...
...MacDonald retires gracefully on a trivial matter. Perhaps two weeks more would have brought an issue not so trivial, necessitating a not so graceful retirement. He has called the next election at an unusually early date, and if he can keep the audience applauding, and the Conservatives and Liberals dallying, he may "arise again to speak the epilogue"; and the murmurs will have died away...