Word: proclaiming
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Roxas would not claim that he is a pro-American today if the Japs were still in the Philippines. Renegades like Roxas who collaborated with the Japs now proclaim they were pro-Americans. As Orientals they worship the victor...
Tyranny has reduced many countries ("some of which are very powerful") to dictator states. "We must never cease to proclaim in fearless tones the great principles of freedom and the rights...
Something Borrowed. Emperor Meiji's 1889 Constitution had proclaimed that "We [the Emperor] have inherited from Our Ancestors the rights of sovereignty . . . and We shall bequeath them to Our descendants." MacArthurian rhetoric, linking the phrases of Jefferson, Lincoln, and F.D.R., gave Japan a new ruler. "We, the Japanese people . . . do proclaim the sovereignty of the people's will." The Emperor was reduced to a "symbol of the state and of the unity of the people's will." Young Prince Akihito may still inherit a throne, but not a seat of power...
...northern Iran were appointed by Moscow as paladins of self-determination. Benevolently, they looked the other way while the new Communist-inspired "Democratic Party" led a revolt. The crooked streets of Tabriz, Iran's second city, were clouded with dust and excitement as the National Assembly prepared to proclaim the province an autonomous state, with only the most nominal allegiance to Iran's capital Teheran. A new National Assembly for Azerbaijan was ready to meet and Jafar Pishevari, whose enemies said he came from Russian Baku, was ready to tell the Assembly what...
...words describing the road of human folly. The reserve pattern--courage, cold examination, intelligent farsighted action--is admittedly all too rare, but is always available as an alternative even for the sons of Adam. Listen for the emotional overtones in a group discussion. Whether they portray fear or proclaim courage will usually provide the key to the subsequent course of a bit of human drama...