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Word: dynamitey (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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Chinese Dynamite. Instituters are fond of the words "dare" and "dynamite." They boast that at their round tables the unofficial delegates rush in where statesmen dare not, grapple with questions too dynamitey for diplomacy. Chinese Chief Delegate David Z. T. Yui took the Instituters at their word last week. At the first session, before formalities were even disposed of, he leaped up and shrilly accused Japan of using murder as an instrument of national policy. This accusation should have had special interest for John D. Rockefeller III. He had dined a few days before with the son of the murdered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INTERNATIONAL: Pacific Parley | 11/11/1929 | See Source »

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