Word: burdened
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Heavy indeed was the burden of Empire which events, imposed last week upon the new King...
...mankind!" This is the 1936 keynote in the symphony of East Asia politics which Japan is trying to conduct. She sees herself as a newborn Britain of the 20th Century, so righteous and so strong that she can afford to be magnanimous in bearing the yellow man's burden. When Mr. Hirota in his speech last week replied to the State of the Union speech in which President Roosevelt clearly meant to excoriate Japan (TIME, Jan. 13), the words were Japanese but the tone was strongly reminiscent of such Victorian statesmen as Lord Palmerston. "It is to be regretted...
...hear the burden of the Bonus...
...skirts of the Imperial Victoria will swish and the unctuous tones of Disraeli will whisper in the council chambers as Britain girds its loins to once again resume the "white man's burden." Gouty lords and Cockney navvies, with tongue in ruddy British cheek and sturdy British finger crossed, will cheer King and Empire as the British Army arrives in Addis Ababa to save the black man from himself and to collect the taxes. England will self-sacrificingly exploit the natural resources of the country and grant the natives splendid positions paying as high...
...same time, RKO's President Aylesworth became RKO's Chairman Aylesworth, and RKO's Chairman David Sarnoff moved out. Observer thought that these moves indicated banking rather than radio influence in RKO affairs, were surprised last week that Mr. Aylesworth's burden continued to be s heavy...