Word: brutally
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Tale of the Present? Through the simple, subdued prose of Author Fisher's novel, some quietly ironic points appear, though not so plainly that readers can be sure of the author's intent. Harg's people, stumbling, awkward, terrified, sometimes brutal, are far more human and likable than the more civilized, capable Cro-Magnons. Here & there through the book some readers may suspect that Author Fisher is actually writing a modern allegory, placing his story in prehistoric times because its picture of humanity would be too harsh if laid in the here...
Slowly, Presiding Judge Jean Pailhé read from editorials written by Chack for the Paris Aujourd'hui, whose Editor Georges Suarez had been No. 1 on the list of collaborators already tried and executed (TIME, Nov. 6): "The American Army is an army of brutal gangsters . . . living on the fat of the land and raping women...
...Japanese the new commander of their troops in the Philippines was the surest indication of the Philippines' importance in the plans of Tokyo's High Command. General Tomoyuki Yamashita's arrival in Manila was announced with a flurry by Tokyo Radio. Fat-faced. Nazi-loving Yamashita. brutal, able conqueror of Malaya and Singapore. Bataan and Corregidor, was quoted as saying: "The only words I spoke to the British commander during the negotiations for the surrender of Singapore were: 'All I want to hear from you is "yes or no." ' I expect to put the same...
...confusion extended to nearly every Italian. People with not enough money for proper food bought newspaper after newspaper, pathetically looking for guidance. Impartially they read Communist, Socialist, Vatican, Monarchist or Republican papers-anything that might offer a glimmer of light. A generation of corrupt Fascism, months of brutal German occupation, sapped their capacity to think for themselves. Italians were the children of a dead past, facing an uncertain future. In bewilderment they asked: "What will Britain do? Russia? Above all, what will America do?" They never asked: "What will...
Sarah Bernhardt's 1918 recording of Prayer for Our Enemies, made when the late great queen of tragediennes was 73, was heard (over Station WMCA) by U.S. radio listeners for the first time. Excerpt: They have revived a brutal way of living-Of murder, and pillaging and fire . . . Their covenants they tear to tiny shreds. To Thee who knows their inmost rage and cunning We pray with anguished hearts and heads laid low. Thou who their inmost souls and thoughts can view, Forgive them not-they know well what they...