Word: m
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...take down the names of patrons in little notebooks, but do not close the joint. In the House of Commons there is mildly derisive laughter whenever His Majesty's Government is questioned about "blackout morals" and "harpy clubs" by such anxious moralists as Manchester Conservative E. L. Fleming, M. P. "I am worried about wicked women," Mr. Fleming recently observed. "Britain's young fighting men should be fit, not unfit...
...that they could run faster and retreat in worse disorder than any known national group of armed men. This was understandable because of the world in which they lived, and the causes for which they were asked to die. Cowardice was common-'kai pa' ('I'm afraid') was heard on every hand. But the present Chinese Army has spirit. It glows. The men are willing to die. They mix and tangle with the Japanese with a burning hate that is good...
...disgusted news correspondent at the other end of the line replied: "I'm talking about the King's visit to France . . . officially known to the press for two hours. Don't you know...
...Bienvenu [Welcome], M. le Président...
George Bernard Shaw has a cousin, a retired Australian bank manager named Charles M. Shaw. For years Charles's gorge rose at the silly lies told about "Bernard," while he practically choked at the slanders circulated-often by Bernard himself-about the Shaw clan. The Shaws, after all, he says, can be traced all the way back to 12th-Century Scotland, and it was perfectly outrageous for Bernard to portray them as shabby-genteel failures, and to label his own pa a hopeless and horrible drunk...