Word: martyrdom
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Sorry for Reporter Lingle though they were, Chicagoans last week waited to see whether his would be a really fruitful martyrdom; whether, its heart touched, its majesty outraged, its power challenged, the Press of Chicago would lead or prod the leaderless city out of its uncivilized predicament...
...There will be . . . battle!" Avowedly St. Gandhi has been courting jail, but when he achieved this "martyrdom" last week, immediate results were meagre. Baron Irwin had taken the precaution to revive and strengthen the disused Press Act of 1910, decreed that every obstreperous Indian newspaper must post high bonds to obey the Censor or cease publication. At one stroke this not only muzzled but stopped the presses of many provincial editors who dared not risk a large forfeiture plus the further risk of confiscation of their entire plants at the Government's pleasure. To stifle criticism further, the Viceroy...
...chief of state," it wrote, "Marshal von Hindenburg has proved an ignominious failure, and his Presidency has been one of increasing martyrdom for all his faithful followers and admirers...
...precisely eighth place and no higher. For the city fathers to keep clapping hands over their rubrous noses and shouting their innocence before the Lord is ridiculous. They should demand that only those without sin themselves should cast boulders in their direction, and then, certainly then, martyrdom might be averted...
...Paraphrase of the White House's statement last month when the young Communists picketed it (TIME, Dec. 23). Said the White House: ". . . A night in jail is only doing them the favor of giving them a cheap martyrdom...