Word: propagandas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...numbers -- specifically in the 10% figure for homosexuality that Alfred Kinsey turned up in his 1948 study of human sexuality. Since then, the famous 10% has slipped into treatises and talk shows, and not just because there were few other studies to refute it. It was also good propaganda. "It became part of our vocabulary," says Kramer. "Democracy is all about proving you have the numbers. The more numbers you can prove you have, the more likely you'll get your...
Many posters depicted suffering in Auschwitz-Birkenau, a concentration camp where nearly 9,000 Jews were cremated daily. Others illustrated life in the ghettos, families, in hiding and Nazi propaganda...
Loeb also criticized Johnston for deciding "to join the political propaganda ranks" and trying to camouflage her "editorial comments" as entertainment...
...threaten his rule. Every step he takes has been aimed at buttressing his authority. He rebuilt Baghdad and the central region, where his Sunni Muslim backers hold sway; he gives government workers and members of the armed forces regular pay increases and relentlessly bombards the nation with self-serving propaganda...
Lobbyists spend large amounts of money on propaganda intended to win support for their agendas and to intimidate lawmakers into voting in their favor. Perot spent $500,000 on his Sunday television appearance and $1,90,000 for his TV Guide survey, both of which are clearly intended to produce at least the illusion that enormous masses of people support his agenda. His promise to forward the results of this survey to Congress and the President, coming on the heels of his recent threat to legislators that "I can deliver" votes, is nothing short of an attempt to intimidate politicians...