Word: harshness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Reputedly Senator Bingham, six feet tall and harsh of voice, told the small and slim but ruthless Chang Tso-lin that if he ordered the execution of Mme. Borodin public opinion in the U. S. would consider the War Lord a mere barbarian...
...Lord of Manchuria and North China, the great Chang Tso-lin. Japan has supported his Manchurian régime. Great Britain is believed to have poured not a little gold into his coffers. Last week he was engaged in the gesture of proclaiming himself "Dictator." In a harsh, compelling voice he swore a 20-word oath of his own devising, to the effect that his armies will now "purge China of Communism." Unfortunately all this meant nothing whatever. Chang has always been an absolute autocrat in his own dominions. He has told correspondents almost every day for at least...
...more restricted limits of their narrower spheres." Taking up the question of whether the publication of crime news prevents or incites crime, Mr. Hearst concluded that it had very little effect either way. Crime news is printed, said Mr. Hearst, because "whatever reflects life truthfully must deal with the harsh and cruel things in life as well as with the sweet and lovely things." All in all, Mr. Hearst felt that the newspaper reader blessed with "the reasoning mind" would be led to believe, having read the crime news of the day, "that 'honesty is the best policy...
...with Canada. Schoolboys innumerable have recited that the U. S. is bounded on the north by Canada; peace-lovers have beamed upon this border as one of the few great international boundaries "unmarred by fort or battleship." But U. S.-Canadian relationships have not been invariably happy; sometimes harsh words have been spoken, sometimes powder has been burned...
...honor played no part in the inspiration to action, honor, especially of the tawdry vaudeville variety, is out of place following the consummation of the deed. All glory adulation and honor to the pioneers, but when humanity makes step onward and upward without ringing bells whose clamor grows harsh, and firing too loud cannon, that will be news...