Word: feudality
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...chief weaknesses is instability. Reared in Japan's feudal atmosphere, savagely repressed all his life, he is apt to blow up in tight spots, make "banzai" suicide charges, commit harakiri. Victorious, he swells with arrogance and takes his repressions out on helpless prisoners...
...followers were naturally of the left. Those who stood in the way of progress since the founding of the Republic have been the war lords, the old mandarins and feudal elements that remained...
Gypsy Wildcat (Universal) shows bosomy Maria Montez once more exerting her peculiarly effective brand of animal magnetism. But one thing is new in this overdressed spectacle. Instead of South Sea Islanders or Arabians, Miss Montez is surrounded by gypsies and feudal barons. However, she still weaves her torso in the same seductive fashion, eyes muscular Jon Hall with the same old sultry yearning. To show his gratitude, Hall swims moats. Most original use of Technicolor: a close-up in which the entire screen is pink with Miss Montez' heaving breast...
Problems. No one knew better than the three men how great were the obstacles confronting any architects of Arab unity: the dynastic rivalries of the Middle East, its feudal economies, the age-old jealousy between the men of the desert (Bedouin) and of the city (effendi). And there is the ever-present prickly problem of the Jewish and Christian minorities...
...main, grueling job of shaping the platform to please one & all had fallen to Bob Taft because no one else could possibly do it. The subcommittees were loaded with Old Guard politicos, whose feudal opinions had to be leavened by the new gang of liberal Governors...