Word: banzaied
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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While thousands of throats shrieked Banzai ("May you live 10,000 years") the entire party entered State limousines, drove directly to the Royal Palace through crowds of moderate size which sometimes failed to cheer...
...daughters) received bronzed Conqueror Honjo in private audience, a rare honor for a man.* Their Majesties then jointly had the "Devil Tycoon"? to lunch. Straight from their Royal Palace he drove to an ugly alley, so narrow that his limousine could not enter. Alighting amid frenzied cries of Banzai! he squeezed down the alley to his tiny, Spartan home...
Since China's forces had withdrawn some 20 miles from Shanghai (TIME, March 14), Japan's remaining 30,000 troops had last month's battlefield to themselves. Upon it last week they proceeded to stage a sham battle. Advancing with shouts of "Banzai!" against a nonexistent Chinese foe, the Japanese captured position after position, firing their rifles and machine guns as they did so. Realism was added by the presence of hundreds of decomposing Chinese dead upon the field...
...sent up to welcome the flyers into the harbor. Places were reserved for 3,000 school children to sing to them from Nemuro beach; a green arch had been erected for them to walk under. Nemuro's geisha girls were ready to dance in their honor and a Banzai band had rehearsed, for their amazement. "The Star Spangled Banner." Finally, the fog lifted and the Lindberghs took off from Petropavlovsk, a day behind schedule...