Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...connect the two facts. At once a storm of ridicule broke out. Everyone in Italy knocked off work to poke fun t Misiano. From hotel, from restaurant, from the theatre, and then from city to city, he has been hounded by the none too gentle jibes of his countrymen. Everywhere he is recognized and hooted. Hurling epithets and brickbats at "Misanoff", as they have nick-named him, has become the national sport of the hour. The Disciple of Soviets has been forced to leave the country. The Little Red Gods, oh! where are they...
...however, still continues, undiscouraged, along the path of unapologetic self-aggrandisement. General von Bernhardi, the author of the ultra-militaristic "Germany and the Next War," which was published in 1911, has just completed another three-volume book in which he defies the foes of the fatherland and nerves his countrymen "to prepare in defeat for the victories of the future." He warns the world that though Germany may be forced to remain peaceful for a time, she will buckle on her armor again as soon as her manpower and strength return. With the nation's leaders preaching...