Word: sloganism
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What are the slogans of a movement that tries to extract the truth from both the liberal and radical positions? What does one reply to the crowd of students that the May 2nd Movement can muster, that march down Massachusetts Avenue chanting "Stop the War in Vietnam, Bring the Troops Home"? "Neither May 2nd nor McGeorge Bundy" is the sentiment of the synthesis. But that does not make a very good slogan. A sound American foreign policy involves, as Stanley Hoffmann has said in a different context, "treading between the abysses." That means supporting radical social reform while opposing subservience...
...whirlwind burst of contradiction, "I see nothing to be gained and much to be deplored by a public discussion of the relative merits of the candidates." Ironically, Volpe's original statement, in toto, given last week as his reason for firing McGrath might loom as a campaign slogan in 1966: "It's time for a change...
...week of rare triumph. Arriving in Egypt for his first official visit outside the Iron Curtain, the East German President was greeted at the Cairo railroad station by Nasser, a 21-gun salute, 23 non-Western ambassadors and 20,000 students and workers chanting a heartwarming slogan: "America, withdraw your money for Israel or Nasser will step...
...months it has been bossed by Kendall, a onetime fountain-syrup salesman. Last spring he introduced Diet Pepsi, which has since captured more than one-quarter of the low-calorie-cola market. He also bought a West Virginia firm that makes Mountain Dew, sugar-rich citrus soda whose slogan is "It tickles yore innards." Mountain Dew sales are up 150% since September...
...Alabama's Governor George Wallace shaking hands with the same man-implying a link between Segregationist Wallace and Abel. To impress Roman Catholic members, Abel supporters spread reminders that Catholic McDonald had been divorced. The McDonald camp turned out a million hard-hat stickers emblazoned with the inspired slogan ALL THE WAY WITH DAVID J. Abel's handlers issued buttons in praise of his entire slate: CUT OUT THE BALONEY, VOTE FOR ABEL, BURKE, MOLONY...