Word: brutes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fellow burned one church or synagogue he'd likely be called a punk, among other things. Why should the burning of many such places make him be considered for the Man of the Year? If a punk, through brute force, made an old Jew scrub a street, he'd be called anything but Man of the Year, eh? Would he be any different because he'd done so to many...
This man Hitler has made himself a world symbol of unspeakable cruelty; he has made virtues of brute force, mass gangsterism, intolerance and hatred. He is not merely anti-Jew and antiChrist; he is anti-everything that we have come to believe is best and worthwhile in civilization...
...frequently known as 'Cookie' to my friends (so take a hint). I stand 5 feet 3 inches in my stocking feet, but, as I do not go around in my stocking feet, I am really 5 feet 5 1-2 inches (including high heels). Just dainty for a big brute like you!! And say, I'm a blue-eyed blonde--how does that strike you? ('Be still your heart!'). I was 20 years old June the eighth. When were you born...
...school-boy, reading of him, is likely to imagine him a great brute of a man, whereas he was really slight, with thin lips, jet black hair, keen eyes, and a perpetually courteous air. Like Freidrich Nietzche, whom he most resembles in historical significance, he was an unhappy man. He seemed never to attain his ends, never to be near enough the throne to wield the sceptre, never able to find a champion for his cause. Patriotism devoured him, yet America had her Sam Adams whose name is far from disrepute...
...mail, and, if the student's disguise is a good one, will not notice anything until the intruder grips him by the elbow and takes one of the three types of study-cards out of his overalls. On the whole guile is to be recommended rather than brute patience...