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Word: harakiri (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...American fighting man of today ? Is he expected to follow General Dean's suggestion and carry some deadly poison to take if capture seems imminent? Are the quartermasters to issue cyanide pills along with other combat gear? Are we, a Christian nation, now to become devoted to harakiri? Ridiculous! But that is the only logical sequence if Colonel Schwa-ble is not completely exonerated and restored to a full-duty status...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 12, 1954 | 4/12/1954 | See Source »

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