Word: madman
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Judge Benjamin Barr Lindsey, one-time tub-thumper for companionate marriage and a Superior Court Justice in Los Angeles, called a halt to a psychopathic hearing in his crowded courtroom, snapped on the radio, announced: "This court will now listen to the greatest madman in the world," tuned in on a rebroadcast of Hitler's Reichstag speech for one-half hour...
Adolf Hitler he usually depicts as an in sensate madman, Benito Mussolini as a simple gangster, Francisco Franco as a malicious child, Neville Chamberlain as a confused...
...Rome insane asylum, shot and wounded a Fascist militiaman guarding the Dictator's Villa Torlonia on Rome's Via Nomentana. Said press reports from Rome: The man was waiting for a chance at Premier Mussolini. Said an official Italian communique: It was the act of a madman who simply happened to be in the vicinity of the Premier's house...
...enquired for the works of this author, but could learn nothing more than that he was considered a madman and that his music was like himself...
...Dressed in his uniform as Admiral of the Fleet, King George, accompanied by the Duke of Kent and members of the Cabinet, led the Empire's observance of Armistice Day with the traditional ceremony at Whitehall's Cenotaph. This year no madman's cry of "Stop all this hypocrisy. You are deliberately preparing for war," shattered the two-minute silence...