Word: man-in-the-street
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...this, Straegy of the Americas is a valuable book. It presents many of the best arguments and most of the facts of the isolation-minded. It is a healthy antidote to the uncertainty and plain rumor-mongering current in so much of the discussion by the man-in-the-street. Above all, it may prove a last encouraging refuge if the day comes when America stands alone. Thoroughly understood in its fatal deficiencies as preacher of one decision, it should do much good as a factual background for any decision...
...with unemployment growing, with an election-fraud scandal stewing and with no 1941 budget voted, Argentina last week drifted perilously close to the rocks of political chaos. Only two men seemed to have any idea of what to do about it, and Juan Pueblo, as Argentinos call the man-in-the-street, did not trust either...
...Above all, he is utterly, supremely confident. You and I and the Man-in-the-Street might bend or break or get frightened under the terrific load, the terrific pressure of responsibility he carries. Not he. I know that the President, alone at night in his bedroom, thinking the whole scene over, doesn't even have a palmtingling in his hands. He is ready. He may not have been born for this time, but he's trained, hardened, forged, groomed and polished for this...
...since 1932 by Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art; 3) a bull market in art books (262 were published in 1939). During the past three years the No. 1 U. S. source of popular knowledge of U. S. art has been LIFE, which has reproduced for the man-in-the-street's weekly dime some 452 paintings (usually in full color) by U. S. artists...
...generic word for a generic product, "nylon" looks like a permanent addition to the language. Most manufacturers prefer to trade-mark their courage. Paradox is that Du Pont (and Webster's) still capitalize Cellophane, a far more generic word to the man-in-the-street...