Word: jealous
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...country is more anxious to demonstrate its freedom than Iran, no ruler anywhere is more conscious of his dignity, more jealous of his sovereignty, than His Imperial Majesty Reza Shah Pahlavi, Shah-in-Shah ("King of Kings") of Iran...
...worst wreck was the smashup of his first marriage which came when he had three children. A hard drinker, suspicious, temperamental, French became jealous of a young boarder, accused his wife of infidelity, made the boarder dance at the point of a gun. After the divorce Harry French went through a kind of proletarian purgatory: jobs slipped through his fingers, money went for liquor, strikes got him in trouble, his daughters by his second wife died. Moroseness drove him to unforgivable railroad sins: abandoning his train in the middle of a run; deliberately tying up traffic until three freights...
...added that there are three reasons which give weight to the belief that the committee is merely "an angry and jealous minority." The first is that the proposed convention would result in a riot. (Is this wishful thinking on the Crimson's part?) The committee believes that Harvard Seniors can control themselves. In addition it is suggested that the convention will result in politics. We suspect that what the Crimson fears is that the discussion will arouse the latent interest of students to know what is going on. The convention would provide, in the words of the Student Council, "training...
...second reason why the Committee is "angry and jealous" is that the idea of protesting election by minority vote is "an example of sore head thinkings." The Crimson adds, "An election cannot be repeated any more than a horserace." (Sic !). It should be sufficient to point out that run-off elections are the rule, not the exception...
...committee is thirdly "jealous" because it states that the petition process discriminates against those nominated by it. We see no reason to go into a long argument about this. Various members of the Council, including the president, have admitted its truth... Douglas Straton ,38 W. A. Kirstein...