Word: hungering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Saga of Thirst, Hunger and Weariness of the Flesh...
...began a journey through the desert portions of Arabia that was to last two years, bring him into contact with tribes hostile to Europeans, subject him to the rigors of a life as severe and comfortless as that of an eremite. Solitude, the blinding heat of the desert, thirst, hunger, every weariness of the flesh he endured. Moreover, he did not attempt to pass among the Arabs in any disguise, but, wherever he went, bluntly proclaimed himself an Englishman and a Christian. Supporting himself largely by the sale of medicines, among people who preferred spells and amulets to the drugs...
...Germans have been underfed for seven years. They are suffering for want of food, fuel and clothing. Young children and old people are dying daily from hunger and disease induced by hunger...
...Hunger is the firebrand of revolution. There is no time for protracted debate...
...Fostered by the French government and paid for by the French government, the Separatist party is seeking to make a people enervated by hunger, despair, and uncertainty about the future, to revolt in the hope that the sufferings of occupation, will be ameliorated...