Word: abruptly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...adopt resolutions [while] the Reds will move right along . . ." But the next day, when President Truman ordered U.S. military aid to the South Koreans, astonished Editor Izzard stood up and cheered: "Today we are proud to be an American. At last the United States has come to an abrupt halt on the long road from Yalta to Korea...
...night his mission reached the capital, tired and travel-stained, the ambassador received an abrupt summons from Emperor Chia Ch'ing: appear immediately at the imperial residence. Amherst stood on his dignity and refused, pleading first fatigue, then illness. The Emperor promptly sent a court physician who reported back that the Briton was malingering...
...Justice's immigration service excluded her as a security risk, without revealing the evidence against her or giving her a hearing. Last January, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the exclusion order without requiring the Department of Justice to disclose its evidence. Dissenting, Justice Robert Jackson called the exclusion "abrupt and brutal...
...exceedingly pleasant. It may prove necessary to contract our standard of living if we undertake military preparedness with anything like the serious ness that is prevalent in Russia." Dr. Seitz hopes that the public and his colleagues may both awake in time. American public opinion is due for an "abrupt change some time in the near future if the present crisis continues. Changes of this type have been instituted by disasters such as those which occurred at Lexington, Fort Sumter and Pearl Harbor." The U.S. must not wait. "If the impending change in public opinion hinges upon such a disaster...
Discipline & Love. After 1910 came the most abrupt change. Instead of love, stern discipline was recommended. To stop nail-biting, one expert wrote: "Get some white cotton gloves and make her wear these all the time-even in school. They will not only serve as a reminder, but also make her ashamed when people ask her about them." Obedience was to be required at all times, "and if temper tantrums resulted, they should be ignored...