Word: attacked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...defenses, General Yu Han-mou, Military Governor of Kwangtung Province, ceremoniously surrendered to the Japanese. His Chinese enemies accused him of taking "Silver Bullets" (bribes), his Chinese friends warmly defended him. They said the Generalissimo had withdrawn so many troops from South China, believing the Japanese would not attack Canton until after they seized Hankow, that when the surprise offensive came fortnight ago it was impossible to do more at Canton than carry out the "Scorched Earth" orders, duly executed under General...
When he was eleven, Elmer Gantry had his first attack of periodic ophthalmia (blindness). Two years later the attacks came so frequently that all he could do was to stand listless and dejected in his stall, graze haltingly through the pasture...
Crudely written, Case History is chiefly interesting as the first play in the U. S. theatre to launch a heavy-artillery attack on the healing claims of Christian Science. In other fields the Church of Christ, Scientist has fought all adverse criticism tooth & nail, caused the revision of magazine articles, driven books off the shelves of public libraries. But the day after Case History opened, B. Palmer Lewis, of the Church's New York State Committee on Publication, commented: "This is just a very little play. ... I don't think I'll do anything about it." Possibly...
Once more a half hour's dummy defensive scrimmage against Princeton plays was held for the A team, with End Coach Wes Fesler presenting the passing attack. A stiff pass offense drill was then held by the A and B teams to finish the day. Both Harding and Foley were throwing well. On the receiving end, Sophomore Gene Lovett, B team left end, distinguished himself...
Recently, the "red menace" at Harvard has been widely exploited. The existence of a group of Young Communists here, the appointment of Mr. Hicks, and the propensity of students to satirize political dictatorship have all been convenient hooks on which political opponents can string their case. Their attack is not really against individuals. It is always Harvard's name which is headlined. They claim that Harvard gives its approval to such "radicals" by allowing them as teachers and as students, and in a literal sense they are correct, although Harvard cannot, technically speaking, be held responsible for the outside activities...