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Word: disfavor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Italy went on the warpath for an Ethiopian Empire, he signed up and went to East Africa, busy with "ideas for Army headgear of celluloid and air-cooled aluminum to mitigate the Ethiopian desert." On foreign policy he has been no less articulate. Once, when England was in mild disfavor, he clarioned: "Down with roast beef and pudding in England!" Later, when Britain was temporarily being courted, "The English," he stated, "are a wonderful nation." Another time, when the British were being reviled for sanctions, he issued "A Futurist Manifesto to Liberate Ourselves From English Habits . . . tea-drinking, snobbery, golfing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Who Sings War | 6/17/1940 | See Source »

Wrote Fred: "no malice was intended and i am sorry to have incurred the disfavor of the gentlemen. . . . i have considered committing harikari on the two points recently gained by bethlehem steel. i have also thought about calling a conference, since a conference is a gathering of important people who, singly, can do nothing but together can decide that nothing can be done, both ideas were abandoned in favor of this letter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Apology | 2/5/1940 | See Source »

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