Word: harassed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...crowd which jammed the railroad yards heard him call upon the populace, which voted solidly against public ownership of the city's light system year ago, to overrule "obstructionists, few in number in comparison with the whole population [who] are leaving no stone unturned to block and harass and to delay this great national program...
Uneasiness about amebic dysentery last week continued to harass Chicago Exposition visitors as Winnipeg reported the appearance of a case and New York City the appearance of eight cases, four of them traceable to Chicago...
Last month a new kind of attack came to harass the chiropractors of Paterson, N. J. By last week it was indisputable that someone was making a systematic attempt to rob them not simply of their livelihoods but of their lives. On July 17 Chiropractor Alfred Post took his automobile to a garage for repairs. A mechanic lifted the engine hood, had a small bomb explode in his face. Week later, too hurried to drink his usual luncheon malted milkshake at his office, Dr. Post gave it to a Negro elevator operator Last week the Negro was still partially paralyzed...
...spite of the fact that the mechanics of the course demand endless reading reports and "lectures obligatoires," which harass the student before frequent hour exams, the outside reading itself is carefully picked to include the best works of each period, and can be made thoroughly enjoyable if not done under pressure...
...Kuomintang urged the Government: 1) to "encourage and intensify" the Chinese boycott of Japanese goods?this boycott having furnished the specific excuse cited by Japan for her bombardment of Shanghai (TIME, Feb. 1); 2) to send money and munitions to the Chinese bandits and volunteers who continue to harass Japanese forces in Manchukuo; 3) to mass large Chinese forces near the frontier of Manchukuo, ready to attack at a propitious moment and recover "the four eastern provinces of China...