Word: pariahs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Wound and the Bow takes its title from the legend of Philoctetes, who was first abandoned by the Greeks during the Trojan war because of a noisome, incurable wound, then sought out by them because of his magically invincible bow-symbol of the man of genius as pariah-savior and of the Gordian interdependence of power and neurosis. The two most important pieces in The Wound and the Bow are studies of that symbol in terms of1) Dickens, 2) Kipling...
...occupied France, whereupon Pierre Laval would have assumed the Office of Chief of State, set up a Fascist regime under the wing of Nazi Germany, and declared war on Great Britain. Whether or not this story had any substance of truth, Pierre Laval immediately became a pariah to the Government of France. Marshal Pétain broadcast a curt, messianic message to his people...
...hurriedly disproved "Doctor" Powers' quack diagnosis by winning six games in a row and moving up to third place in the American League pennant race-only six games behind the league-leading Cleveland Indians. Lou Gehrig's rebuttal was more direct. Saying that he is now "a pariah whom many people shun," honest, earnest Lou Gehrig, who has been practically canonized since retiring from baseball last summer, last week brought suit...
...rids Rugby of Flashman but a reputation for talebearing turns him overnight from hero into pariah. Just as the resulting persecution about convinces Tom and the audience that Rugby is the English equivalent of Devil's Island, his faith in Dr. Arnold, brooding over the school with the promise of a better day, is rewarded...