Word: goblins
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...hitherto unchecked surge of near-panie that has of late been seeing the mildest New Deal voter as Communist goblin, must inevitable be slowed by a principle of limits. The field of free inquiry, then, must by its nature oppose a mentality which presumes to pass on a man's right to an education in accordance with its whims about his "company." Plainly, the danger of the unchallenged witch hunt is that it can quite conceivably begin defining as ineligible Communist soreheads all students it considers in any way "difficult"--from pacifists to students who support a larger allotment...
Daughter Emily was thin, graceful, with a wide mouth, an upturned nose and large, haunting eyes - a goblin face. Her sister Lavinia was a village spinster, in her later years became cross, sharp-tongued, quarrelsome and grasping, with long black hair, broken, irregular teeth (mostly false) and dirty hands and fingernails. Their brother Austin married Susan, their school girl friend, a tavernkeeper's daughter. Susan soon became involved in a lifelong feud with sister-in-law Lavinia...
Finn MacCool was first & foremost a fighter (he killed Aillin, a goblin who was annoying Ireland) but he also took a little exercise for fun. He could outrun a hare or stag, and he could wing a wild duck with the first stone from his sling. He could jump the width of Ireland (115 miles) in three "leps." Finn once licked two hurling teams singlehanded. They ganged up on him (as hurling players still do) but he killed seven and chased the rest away. Next day he found them swimming. They dared him to come in. Finn drowned them...
...Aschersleben's citizens it was a great occasion. Goblin-eared, stiff-collared Oberbürgermeister Dr. Bailer seized the opportunity to make a speech boosting Aschersleben during lunch: "Gentlemen of the world's press, hearty welcome. . . . Great honor. . . . Our wonderful city . . . population 34,000, doubled since 1938. . . ." Then they were herded down the street, to Holzmarktstrasse No. I, where Wendell Willkie's grandfather was born...