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Word: harshness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said a joint announcement by the three Western powers: "Additional food during the winter months will help to sustain the population in their clearly expressed intention not to submit to the harsh consequences of the blockade . . . The Soviet occupation power has vainly attempted to gain political advantages in the city by inhumane and illegal means...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NATIONS: Not to Submit... | 10/25/1948 | See Source »

Society has harsh punishments for a girl who gets "in trouble." If she is poor and ignorant, she may be driven to use concoctions offered by people like "Doctor" Charles Faiman. When she accepts such "help," there is an excellent chance that she will never need help of any kind again...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Case of the Violet Paste | 10/18/1948 | See Source »

...dollars. But to the surprise of the committee which had volunteered to raise the money, the request was greeted by vigorous objection to the form the memorial was to take. Perhaps the general disilusion over the gains of the war or a more realistic approach to its causes brought harsh criticism from all sides as to the suitability of a church to remember those who died for distinctly non-religious reasons. Some cried that such a proposal was not utilitarian enough; others called it too utilitarian. One influential group found it completely unnecessary, since the University already had a chapel...

Author: By Herbert P. Glesson, | Title: World War I Memorial Product of 15 Year Struggle | 10/13/1948 | See Source »

...Bills." Candidate Thurmond would never admit that the issue could be put in such black & white terms. He draped his case in the dialectics of states' rights. In his harsh, flat voice he denied the authority of Washington to interfere with the South's pattern of behavior. These were the "fo'ce bills" which he denounced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THIRD PARTIES: Southern Revolt | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

Even so, CAB may find it difficult to take away National's franchise. Baker could make a good case that CAB was being unnecessarily harsh. The grounding of the DC-6s had laid up his four newest planes last winter, and, until recently, when its air mail subsidies were upped, National had received the lowest (2½? a mile) rates in the industry. Baker has already enlisted the help of the governor of Florida, and the Miami Chamber of Commerce will fight CAB's proposal at the hearing Dec. 1. Even the strikers were worried at the prospect...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Forced Landing Ahead? | 10/11/1948 | See Source »

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