Word: sloganeered
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...people are afraid of a "dripping Wet'' candidate, not that "Prohibition that does not prohibit" is desirable but history indicates that "dripping Wet officials" and all kinds of graft and immorality go hand in hand and in their Mutual Admiration Society, "reciprocity" is their password and their slogan is "An aye for an aye and a toot for a toot...
...island. Her population, rapidly increasing and becoming urbanized because of her Industrial Revolution, began to require more & more foreign food on which Britain's new proletariat preferred to pay no British tariffs. In 1815 this preference became so potent that riotous London workmen chalked the town with their slogan: "Bread or Blood!" Symbolic, a loaf of blood-soaked bread was pitched among Tory landlord M. P.s who upheld the British tariffs (chiefly agricultural) of the day, called the "Corn Laws...
While China, Japan, and the League of Nations are ostensibly trying to end the Manchurian difficulty, one is surprised to find that Chinese students in this country are trying to do the opposite. Using the time worn militaristic slogan of "Preserve Peace by preparing for war", they are raising money to buy two thousand aeroplanes, a majority of which are to be sent immediately to Manchuria. Their ultimate aim is to drop the one fatal bomb on Tokio, thus gaining pieces rather than peace...
...Dollar Silver" was another speculative slogan last week, but more far-fetched than "Dollar Wheat." Shorts covering and the general commodity rise sent the metal to 35|f an ounce against the year's low of 25!^. For the first time silver trading on the National Metal Exchange, Manhattan, became clamorous, wild. Public buying was attracted because silver can be bought on a 6% margin. Companies with stakes in silver-currency nations were in demand, shares of mining com- panies were widely bought. Copper remained at 7^ but it was reported that consumers were taking all offerings. Manchurian...
Similar collections have been made once before, as in 1915, as a war relief measure. At that time the slogan was "Give at least a dollar!" This num is smaller than the admissions to the planned charity games, yet large enough to form a fund that may be of use. Although the average undergraduate does not ordinarily feel obliged to contribute anything to charity, here is an opportunity in which he may help the current situation. Any method of relief, good though it may be, is useless unless the gesture is generous enough to fulfill the spirit in which...