Word: fanaticized
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By the time the war had been pushed back violently toward the dark heart of Europe, there was scarcely a peaceful family, particularly in France, which had not shared the new experience of violence and conspiracy. Sharing it with them was a new type of European leader, the violent, simple...
H. T. Webster has learned to slice and serve his generous chunks of U.S. life methodically. Caspar (The Timid Soul) appears Sundays and Mondays. The pitilessly fanatic and bad-mannered bridge players run Fridays. Boyhood's lovingly elaborated triumphs (The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime) and defeats...
In Tokyo, where beggary had once been rare, police seized 232 vagrants in Ueno Park. Some were children who lived by begging and stealing, spending the nights under piled debris. In a nation of fanatic workers, there would soon be 2,500,000 unemployed veterans of the home army alone...
In Manila, shattered by the Japs' fanatic fury in February, the Japs were quartered at the damaged but serviceable Rosaria Apartments. Supper (by chance, a little better than usual) was sent over from a nearby general officers' mess. Kawabe showed a huge roll of U.S. money, sent an...
The elder statesmen close to the throne were men of western ideas, like astute Prince Saionji, who promoted a Japanese version of parliamentarianism and constitutional monarchy. In 1921, with their support, Crown Prince Hirohito decided to go abroad. Never before had an imperial Heir Apparent left the Land of the...