Word: braved
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...descendant of one of Confucius' favorite pupils. At ten he could recite from the Chinese classics interminably and with feeling. His own poetry shows a gift for direct metaphor unusual in an Oriental. He had, moreover, a competent grasp of military strategy; he was incorruptible, brave and patriotic; his followers were proud to be called Wu mi ("infatuated with Wu"). He liked strong wine, singing and gold plate. His serious faults were his confidence that he was a greater general than Napoleon and his poor judgment of men. Wu at one time had all North China in his pocket...
Under this rule most U. S. Medicine is practiced out of sight and sound of the rest of the country, and brave or foolhardy is the doctor who dares to speak out to the laity on a particular medical or surgical case, a disease or treatment, a research project. As a result Medicine, by & large, has the worst press relations of any U. S. profession...
Lobbyists sat on the edge of their seats in a ring around the Senate Gallery. Administration leaders on the floor below tried to put on a brave front in the face of expected defeat. The Senate was about to follow the House, to pass a bill for immediate payment of the Bonus...
When the Army alone knew that the brave old walrus was dying three weeks ago, Poland's famed Colonels' Clique suddenly brought forward the new Constitution on which they had been working for five years and had it formally signed. Thus last week gentle President Moscicki, a brilliant scientist but an uncertain politician, found himself with enormous paper powers. He has absolute veto over Parliament, he can take command of the Army and Navy, and dismiss Parliament by decree...
...faced in manful silence four rifle barrels, died without a word. To frivolous murder Cubans are accustomed, but the legal and methodical execution of a criminal was last week profoundly shocking and disconcerting to all Cuba. Announced the Secretary of the Interior last week, "Senora O'Halloran fought bravely. She should be brave enough to face a firing squad...