Word: jeers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Haitians are infinitely queer Say the Americans, with a jeer. They eat their salad before their meat And refuse the salty in favor...
Americans are infinitely queer Say the Haitians, with a jeer. They think in terms
Those who had expected a rousing political tirade were disappointed. The Senator spoke of liberty and the sincerity of the old patriots just as hundreds of other men were doing all over New England. His speech was short, and not even the sign wavers found anything to jeer about. When Taft concluded, the Band replayed The Beautiful Ohio...
...Dodge plant in Hamtramck, Mich, ten assembly-line workers asked for coveralls to protect their clothing from oil and grease drippings. The company had none, so it issued the men smocks used regularly in the paint department. The boys began to jeer: "Next they will give you guys berets." Another worker catcalled: "Hello, Floozy!" Thus subjected to mortification, extreme mental cruelty, great mental anguish, the ten besmocked workmen walked off the job. They were followed by 146 other workers. Before the day was out, the company had to send 14,000 employees home...
...essay, a slender recollection of an incident during Orwell's days as a British constable in Burma. Orwell had been called out to shoot a tame elephant gone rogue. He did not really want to shoot the beast, but behind him stood a crowd of Burmans ready to jeer if the white man faltered. Since "a sahib has got to act like a sahib," Orwell pumped his bullets in the animal's hide, reflecting "that when the white man turns tyrant it is his own freedom he destroys . . . For it is the condition of his rule that...