Word: hurtful
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...home to such important personages as Charlie Chaplin, Mack Sennett and Fatty Arbuckle. "I'd have given my right arm to be in the picture business," he recalls. "Living in the glamour of it, hearing stories about it all day long and not being a part of it, hurt...
These and other rumors of corruption in government circles have hurt Quirino's prestige. Last week, shortly after Manila's tabloid Star Reporter referred to him as "our beloved President . . . who is growing fat like a pig on public taxes," Quirino showed concern for public opinion and appointed his vigorously critical Vice President, Fernando Lopez, to investigate corruption in the government...
...China's fall has not yet hurt the Philippines as much as internal dissension has. Today the strength of the government's forces in the Philippines is still greater than that of the Communists. But its strength is ebbing away in disunity, as businessmen and politicians fight out their old vendettas and pursue their schemes to advance their personal ambitions. The Philippines can be lost, as China...
Personality Problem. In Albuquerque, recaptured after he had slipped out of state prison and chartered a plane to Tucumcari, N. Mex., State Prison Trusty William Alexander explained: "The warden hurt my feelings...
...club project is intended to attract athletes to Harvard, this intent displayed a lack of moral courage on the part of the University. "I don't think the varsity club would be an asset to Harvard education," Poskanzer said. "I think it would be a definite detriment and would hurt the House system which is based on the idea that everybody eats together...