Word: anger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Behind British anger lay a new determination that Britain should speak for itself and not obediently follow every U.S. lead, at least until the U.S. was ready to assume a practical share of responsibility for the security of strategic areas such as the Middle East. The British, who are painfully learning more & more about U.S. domestic politics, decided to postpone the Palestine talks until after the U.S. congressional elections...
...olive-skinned Ferhat Abbas, Algerian autonomist, mounted the speaker's rostrum, the atmosphere tensed. A rightist deputy growled: "What is that salaud doing here?" Flushed with anger, the Algerian answered that he was there to denounce the highly touted project of the new French union incorporated in the constitution as "codifying a new colonialism as dangerous as the colonialism of yesterday. The colonial policy of France was one of the principal sores of the Third Republic." An angry clamor broke out in the Chamber. Some rightist and center deputies stalked out in indignation. Others, including MRP President Maurice Schumann...
...first time in the last 14 years Democrats were all of one shade-very red. The Party's left-wingers, labor cohorts and New Dealers seethed in red hot anger over what had been done to their darling, Henry Wallace. Its conservatives and middle-of-the-roaders boiled in red embarrassment over Harry Truman's fumbles. Its hard-shelled practical professionals examined their deep crimson bruises and wondered how badly they were hurt...
...Fine Job." By now a Communist loudspeaker van had arrived. With astute awareness that the rioting would give the Government a solid peg to hang the Communists on, the loudspeaker pleaded in fatherly tone: "Comrades, you've done a fine job . . . but remember, your anger should be directed against the owners of this building, not the police. . . . Now, come along. ... Go home in an orderly, disciplined way, worthy of the dignity of the working man." Through the crowd went three or four Communists, saying soothingly: "Now steady, comrades, steady, keep your heads." Finally the demonstrators began to break...
...announced that a five-year-old statute sharply curbing noises after 11 p.m. would be strictly enforced. After that hour cars must not sound Klaxons, streetcars must not use air whistles, jukeboxes must be played only behind closed doors, people must not shout either in joy or in anger, and anyone wishing to give a gallo (serenade) might do so only with police permission...