Word: disgust
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...only reviled but even threatened with death simply because his personality aroused antipathy among persons lacking the least conception of the value of his work-because he is a Jew. "It is no wonder that under such circumstances one whom the whole world has honored turns his back in disgust upon his native heath, repelled by machinations which do not reach above the soles of his shoes. But what a disgrace for Germany, where such things can happen...
...this hall who has the right to be horrified and exasperated it is I, myself. Only an enemy of mine who had sat up at night to devise diabolical schemes against me could have carried out this crime which fills us all with loathing and disgust...
...Victorian prejudice, against novels which mildly inclined toward Jefferson's view that the result of reading them is "a bloated imagination, sickly judgment and disgust toward all the real business of life" has largely passed away; and the point has been reached where this type of literature forms a convenient and popular vehicle for the conveying of science, history, and religion to the masses. The habit of disapproval is too deeply ingrained, however, to allow the novel to escape scot-free; and it is this very subservience to science that arouses modern criticism. Speaking at St. Mark...
...American minister, Dr. Morton Howell, who, with Dr. James H. Breasted, had been seeking to persuade the Egyptians to return to its compromise agreement, was ignored by the government. Dr. Breasted has now withdrawn from the case entirely. Sir John Maxwell, acting for Countess Carnarvon, left Egypt in disgust. Carter sailed for an American lecture tour. The tomb has been closed, and no further action is expected before next Fall...
With true Oriental courtesy, Rondi's challenge read: "I read with indignation and disgust your infamous articles on your recent trip to Sicily. As a citizen of Glorious Palermo, famed for its courtesy, I notify you herewith that I consider your ears boxed...