Word: hurte
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Riffians. But France is not certain that her policy is justifiable. So she takes upon herself the solution of what she calls her "domestic problem." Also if France were to approach the League either voluntarily or at the instance of other nations, it would leave a precedent which would hurt the secure position of England in India: That clause in the League of Nations compact which rules out domestic questions from the jurisdiction of the League is the badge which protects and furthers the imperialistic hold of the great powers over the lesser ones in Asia and Africa. Thus...
...Mencken's monthly a long article by James D. Bernard dissolves any of my fond hopes for the Baptists of the world. In truth the casual reader of Mr. Bernard's essay could easily believe that the only difference between Baptist and Moron is philologic. Now this may not hurt you; it may even amuse you. But you, of course, are not a Baptist...
...year, they would have to write off inventories hugely, pass dividends and even levy on holders of common stock some fraction of their stocks. Now these gentlemen knew that much of the common stock was owned by employes of the company who, more than usual investors, would be hurt. To such levy there was of course the resource of all business people in such a quandary, to borrow on all free real estate, on reputation, and to pay through the nose usurious interest rates, commissions, brokerages, bonuses...
...Princetonians suffered an injury in the Queen's College game, when Charles, the heaviest man on the ice, was hurt in body checking a Canadian forward. He may not be able to get into the fray tomorrow as a result
Life's little jokes include none more guileless than the pricked balloon. No one is hurt, some one is embarrassed, and every one laughs. On the score of such a harmless deflation, so the New York Times relates, the Burgomaster of Roosdorf in Hessen is now a blushing Quixote...