Word: gloatingly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Perhaps professional jealousy sometimes led Benito to gloat somewhat over Adolf -for Benito well knew that in Russia the ghastly train of Nazi conquest was far behind schedule. But Benito could not have taken very much of this neurotic satisfaction-he also knew that his own fate was linked with Adolf's, that the worries of the German High Command were, most pressingly...
...Malcolm Campbell, who was wearing in court the uniform of a Royal Air Force captain, sat down and wept with his hands over his face. As Mr. Douglas Campbell began to weep too, Lady Campbell shrieked at Sir Malcolm & son: "Don't you gloat over...
Nevertheless he has set a time-next November-for the transition. Last week the People's Political Council met in Chungking for its last session. Its members were allowed to worry a little over China's rising commodity prices, gloat a little over her rising military hopes. At its last sitting they listened to the Generalissimo make a radiantly confident speech...
Well might Chungking gloat. For the first time, a recognized Japanese spokesman had suggested peace to Chiang Kaishek. Japan's Army has always insisted that Chiang had to go before it would even talk about peace. The Navy, arguing that it would be folly to conclude a nominal peace affecting only the occupied areas, has favored going straight to the Generalissimo. Japan's new Premier, Mitsumasa Yonai, is Commander in Chief of the Navy. It looked last week as though some day the right men in Japan might get talking with the right men in China...