Word: reproofs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...impulse he rose, and padded across the room to his desk, and drew from it a packet of letters. These he skimmed through, smiling abstractedly; at one he blushed furiously and wagged his head in self-reproof. He looked long at the picture on his desk, and then his gaze wandered guiltily to his book, now abandoned on the floor. Again he stood at the window, but this time he saw nothing. He took in great gulps of the sweet air, trying to choke himself on the scents of Spring...
Even this did not seem to the Speaker to merit reproof. Mr. Buchanan continued: "MacDonald is a coward. He may get out of his position and sneak into power and privilege; he may die honored in the end, possibly; but when he passes out he will be cursed deservedly by thousands, nay millions, of decent, kindly souls who on this winter's night are suffering in my native land as nobody can tell...
There was no native outcry at this reproof to the island's oldtime hero. Filipinos were indeed thinking, none too happily, of the time when they would have to make their own economic way, fight to preserve their own freedom. Even Governor General Frank Murphy used God's gift of thought. In about a year, when his job ends, some one will get an $18,000 salary for posing as High Commissioner while a native official runs the islands. But the prospect of responsibility without authority made that new job far from enticing to the onetime Mayor...
...sounds of fury and chaos rose to Reichsbischof Ludwig Muller. As the personal friend and henchman of Chancellor Hitler, he might have been expected to side with the Sportpalast "reformers." Instead, caught by the news from Berlin while traveling in southern Germany, he sent a telegram of strong reproof: "I speak only as leader of the Church who is responsible for the preservation of the creed before God. ... It is said, though I can hardly believe it, that the sacred cross has been rejected as the symbol of our Christianity. ... I, as leader of the Protestant Church, reject such...
Going further, Dr. von Schinckel hurled a thinly veiled reproof at Nazi policies. "Dissatisfaction in the outside world toward Germany and the boycott movement are making themselves strongly felt." said he. "This has severely hurt the Hamburg-American Line's business and is continuing to hurt it and German shipping generally. . ". . My colleagues and I are resigning with regret. It is not our way to be leaving the company when things are going badly but developments have left us no choice...