Word: fanaticism
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Beyond a doubt the example of fanatic patriotism set by the three Japanese heroes of the Shanghai "human bomb" last year encouraged last week's "human torpedoes." Every Japanese knows the deathless story and it is kept green in the advertisements of "WAKAMOTO-Best
Brave men and great fighters are the followers of Islam, but their religious sensibilities are tender as an aching tooth. Because the British War Office tried to get them to bite paper cartridges tactlessly greased with pork tallow 76 years ago, Moslem sepoys fought the great Indian Mutiny. Because a...
Bishop James Cannon Jr. of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, thought beer legislation would be "a stab in the back for every other legitimate industry." Asked how he, if a Congressman, would balance his conscience against his constituents, he replied: "I'm not a balanced or reasoning man. I'm...
FLOWERING WILDERNESS-John Galsworthy-Scribner ($2.50 ). Many a reader who was captivated by the Forsyte Saga into following cheerfully at Author Galsworthy's heels wishes now that his leader would sit down and take a well-earned rest. Having finally, after several backward glances, parted from the Forsytes, Galsworthy...
In stern contrast was a pronouncement by the Leader of the Labor Party and of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition in the House of Commons. "There is nothing to be gained by speaking of Mr. Gandhi as a fanatic," said Leader George Lansbury. "There can be no peace in India...