Word: patriotism
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Patriot. A massive evening in the theatre awaits the curiosity seeker who hurries here for his entertainment. He will see eight scenes of Russian history roll by; uniformed in scarlet, green and white, majestic with the murder of a Tsar...
...itself which contemplates a study of how Security may be achieved by a network of "regional pacts," such as the Locarno Treaties (TIME, Nov. 2, 1925). The Disarmament Commission also adjourned, but not until the British Delegate, Lord Cushendun, had made a significant pronouncement. He, a sturdy Ulster patriot, declared: "The empire has reduced our army and navy, voluntarily, to the lowest possible level consistent with safety. ... We have stripped off our clothes and have nothing else to take...
...Stars, by Sean O'Casey, a hodcarrier, was given in Dublin there were more screams of libel, more bloody noses. The play tells of the Easter rebellion of 1916 when English machine guns shot holes in a fiery burst for Irish freedom. Some of the characters are patriots; some of them are drunken philosophers; one is a chubby prostitute in scarlet silk. The story tells the stark sorrow of a young bride whose patriot husband dies from the bite of English bullets. She loses her baby; loses her mind...
...have heard individuals from the Pacific coast and we have heard individuals from the Atlantic coast express their opinions on the writings of other individuals. But I can't understand why real evidence upon the charges is not presented. I am willing to listen to the long-haired patriot from the Pacific coast. I am willing to listen to the witnesses from the Atlantic coast but [his voice rose with anger] I am not willing to listen to Mr. Russell, a Socialist ['prosecution' witness testifying of pro-British propaganda in the U. S.], whose greatest ambition...
Public opinion, impressed by the facts just mentioned, demanded the acquittal of the patriot, despite the fact that...