Word: condemn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wished to intercede. Of Field Marshal Shunroku Hata he said: "I will testify for that man. . . . He's a fool." Of ex-Foreign Minister Mamoru Shigemitsu: "My personal good friend. He, together with myself, has always been opposed to war." But most other defendants he decided to condemn-admittedly for reasons of personal revenge. Said Tanaka: "I feel the truth is necessary for Japan and for the world. That is why I shall be assassinated when the occupation is over...
...pathetically amusing. The greatly expanded, glamorized, seat-song-studded cinema product is not; as indeed it could never be. But is this kind of comparison a fair one? Does the mere fact that a picture has lost just about all the spirit of the story that prompted it condemn the picture itself as a separate entity? James Thurber seems to think so, but then maybe he's prejudiced...
...Massachusetts General Hospital clinic last night, the Lecturer in Social Relations explained that neither psychiatrists nor religions leaders are guilty, as groups, of misunderstanding each other. However, individuals in each calling condemn the other through failure to grasp the opposing view...
...Brooklyn's Crown Heights Labor School, explained his church's position: "Business is not the property of its owners; it is a society in which stockholders and employees are social partners and must work together. Capitalism and the right to a profit the church does not condemn per se, but it does condemn unbridled free enterprise...
...Japan last week, Buddhists joined with representatives of other Japanese religions at the "All-Japan Religious Peace Conference" to announce: "We condemn ourselves for our guilt and humbly confess our faults before all the peoples of the world and pledge ourselves to make a new start...