Word: sloganism
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Assistant Professor Louis Hartz is giving Social Sciences 118. I don't know anything about the course, but all the government concentrators I've ever met have put in plugs for Hartz. Their slogan goes "Hartz is great," and you can frequently hear small groups of them chanting it in unison...
...since 1928 has the nation followed the old slogan and gone as Maine went. In four consecutive elections, Maine sturdily voted Republican while the nation went Democratic. But even a stopped clock is right some time. This year looked like the year for Maine to be right again...
...Slogan. In Tokyo, firemen who have been influenced by U.S. advertising meth ods proudly displayed Fire Prevention Week signs, urging citizens to "keep your home burning." Habit. In Baltimore, Arthur Jackson left home and a bitter farewell note to his wife explaining that he was sick & tired of her and the four children, signed himself "your loving husband." Defeat. In Malden, Mass., C. Edmund Snook resigned as executive secretary of the Northeast Essex housing development council, explained that he couldn't find a place to live...
Kremlin propagandists have always enthusiastically endorsed the slogan "Asia for the Asians." Communism, they hoped, would fill the political vacuum left by departing European powers. Last week, however, in the five small city-states of India remaining under French control,* came a bland reversal of the party line. Local Communist leaders labeled the neighboring Indian government a "Fascist" oppressor, ordered party members to vote against union with India in plebiscites to be held this month. Instead, Communists must vote for continued French rule...
...laity in proselytizing for their faith, the C.M.O.A. requires of its members that they correspond once a week with a priest-adviser on the problems and progress of their convert-making. "Trains, hotels, depots, beauty parlors are all crowded with potential converts," writes Father Odou. "That is why the slogan used by every C.M.O.A. is: 'Never let an opportunity slip...