Word: rebel
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...happened. President Lazaro Cardenas went to the village of Dolores Hidalgo in Guanajuato State, stood before a microphone and roared the historic Grito de Dolores (Shout of Independence)-Viva Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, viva la Independencia-which is Mexico's equivalent of the Confederacy's Rebel Yell. Then he made a speech. "Some people are trying to cause a rebellion in Mexico and entice the Mexican people away from the ways of peace," said the President. "An examination of the international situation will cause them to reconsider their position...
...Between Men and Women, foreseen by the mad fancy of James Thurber, comes to pass, Gertrude Atherton will be the Stonewall Jackson of the rebel females. The House of Lee, a tale of a girl of 22, her mother of 40, her grandmother of 60, is not so noteworthy because of its strident feminism as because of its rampant, 82-year-old author...
...makes it a desirable prize. Leader of the Chad revolt was black Civil Governor Adolphe Felix Sylvestre Eboue, French-educated rugby player whose administrative ability so impressed his superiors that he landed the only French governorship held by a Negro. Having lined up a small garrison of colonial troops, Rebel Eboue proclaimed allegiance to General de Gaulle: "... The people of Chad will defend their territory for France against all comers...
...ROMANTIC REBEL, THE LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE SAND-Felizia Seyd-Viking...
...Organized one week after the Guild convention adjourned, A. N. W A. was the handiwork of Red-hating William Leonard Laurence, able science editor of the New York Times. Armed with a charter from A. F. of L. (which the Guild left to join C. I. O. in 1937), Rebel Laurence promptly put in a claim with Publisher Arthur Hays Sulzberger to have his union designated sole bargaining agent for Times editorial workers...