Word: deathly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wobblies were on the march to keep a legend of martyrdom alive. That legend is woven around Joe Hill, a tough Wobbly organizer and songwriter ("You'll get pie in the sky when you die") who was put to death (by a firing squad) for murder in Utah in 1915. Wobblies charge that he was framed...
Three minutes were alloted to Fred L. True 1L, who criticized the "Save the Peace" speakers for their "policy of appeasement," and urged America, "Speak softly, but carry a big stick . . . As for me give me liberty or give me death...
...ought to say still a few words about Jan Masaryk's death. Nobody can know his state of mind in the minute of suicide and it is improper to give one's own explanation for absolutely certain. It is also improper to try to win some political capital out of this tragic event. It would be far better to be silent and pitiful. But when I hear the Western radio giving its various explanations, I must tell you what is the opinion of many Czechs...
This is how many Czechs explain Jan Masaryk's death. Maybe, we are not right. Nobody can assert it. We would prefer to mourn for him without speaking about his motives. But we cannot help feeling offended by those who comment upon his death by the words, "Too late, but still...
Beatrice Webb died in 1943, aged 85; Sidney followed her last year. To the day of her death, Beatrice was at work on an autobiography based on extracts from her voluminous diaries. My Apprenticeship, which covered her first 30 years, appeared in 1926; Our Partnership, which carries on to 1911, is the next (and last) installment of the unfinished work. "The difficulty," Beatrice Webb realized, "is to tell the truth without being self-conscious about it"-and the result of her efforts is a natural account of a married life which, though it might sound like hell to most...