Word: dishonored
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...Angeles to New York, from London to Moscow. ... In Russia, Germany and Italy Demos, having slain its aristocrats and intellectuals and realizing its own incompetence to guide or protect itself, had submitted to tyrants. ..." Percy asked himself the question that every worried parent asks: "Should I therefore teach deceit, dishonor, ruthlessness, bestial force to the children in order that they survive?" He answered it as most worried parents do: "Better that they perish." For "virtue is an end in itself ... it is better for men to die than to call evil good. ..." He knew that he and all men like...
...Board of Overseers could not discharge Dunster for this belief, but when he expressed the idea publicly in church one Sunday he was brought into criminal court for "disturbing the peace upon the Lord's dare, at Cambridge July 80. 1654, to the dishonor of the name of Christ, his truth and minister." This statement gave the Board the excuse for which they were looking, and immediately after this church declaration he was formally removed from the Presidency...
...walls. The plaques stemmed from the numismatic art of the coin and medal maker; they were beautifully cast in low relief in silver or bronze, in various shades and patinas. How they flowered was something else. Husky, wispy-bearded, bighanded Sculptor David Smith called his plaques "Medals for Dishonor," intended them to be awarded for distinguished service in the art of causing and waging war. Some titles: Propaganda for War, Diplomats, Private Law and Order Leagues, Bombing Civilian Populations, Elements Which Cause Prostitution...
Peasants in the fields glared back at the chateau last week, for they knew that scattered about in its dismal rooms was a varied assortment of once eminent French leaders. They might be scapegoats, they might face dishonor they did not warrant, but to the little people of France it looked at last as if someone was going to catch hell for the social, political and military debacle that culminated in what was grandiosely called the Battle of France...
...When it is a question of sacrifice or dishonor, the Belgian in 1940 will hesitate no more than his father...