Word: mephistophelean
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Much of the speech in which officially Mephistophelean Sam proceeded to defend himself was hard-hitting, fact-marshaling and perhaps gave the lead to the future Ethiopian policy of Britain (see p. 10). Its climax came in a passage which caused Orator Hoare to brush the tears from his eyes while additional tears welled in the eyes of Peaceman Chamberlain and many another M. P. The passage: "I ask myself, looking back, whether I have a guilty conscience or whether my conscience is clear. I say with all humility to the House that my conscience is clear...
...point,' or tip, fell to the floor; a bystander put his foot on it. As Drew left, apparently not noticing the incident, the others pounced upon the piece of paper, which proved to be an order. They bought Erie stock in large quantities, and were soon gulled." Mephistophelean Jay Gould, who was so hated that at times he had to have a bodyguard, "would pursue a deliberate policy of mismanagement 'as a matter of principle.' deriving his gains from the discrepancies between the real value