Word: highhandedness
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Said one of the bandit chiefs, in reply to an official toast in tea: the rebels had taken to the woods because local authorities were highhanded. Now that the authorities have undergone a change of heart, the rebels have changed too. Henceforth, they will attack "imperialists," not the local citizens...
"Thirty-nine second-grade children of the Takamiya Primary School here went on strike against the highhanded and selfish manner of their teachers in disposing of crops from the school vegetable gardens, cultivated by the children.
"The walkout came to an end when it was agreed that vegetables harvested from the gardens would be equitably distributed. Flurried by the unexpectedly bold action of the children, the teachers visited the homes of the young strikers to apologize for their highhanded action and ask for their immediate return...
Two years ago Yerex invited Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. and other U.S. investors to buy into TACA. Yerex, a New Zealander, hoped this would bring him more American planes and landing rights-in effect, make TACA a U.S. flag line. When the U.S. was slow to get behind TACA, Yerex...
Billy Southworth had done a good job of pulling himself up by his bootstraps. He first took over the Cards in 1929, and Degan by putting his foot in his mouth. The first day he read a highhanded riot act to the club, and Veteran Chick Hafey whispered to tobacco...