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...enough to keep the State Department in constant jitters, and to emphasize the fact that Syngman Rhee is no ordinary chief of state. If the brusque old man decided he wanted to visit an old neighbor, or to thank a newspaper for its support-or to scold the U.S. for faintheartedness-he did just that. When he received the key to the city, Rhee grinned broadly. "I will drive as fast as I want to," he said, "and nobody will touch...
...Truth in the Night (TIME, Sept. 3, 1951), McLaverty found the makings of tragic dignity in a nagging wife and common scold. In School for Hope, he plants a young schoolmarm's heart with love and self-confidence after thawing out its dark doubts and fears...
...indomitable Sir Winston, it is understood that he will not immediately accept a peerage but will hold onto his Commons seat for a while to speak out and act the role of elder statesman and, when occasion merits, the sage scold. Said one very close to him: "He will want to deliver at least six swan songs...
...British press these days tends to scold and mutter at U.S. policies, attitudes and personalities. One morning this week, the highly respected London Times struck a different note: Said the Times...
Despite a cerebral hemorrhage two years ago, Tobey continued to scold and thunder for the ways of righteousness. Last week in his Senate office, just two days after his 73rd birthday, he collapsed with a heart attack. In the hospital a few hours later he died peacefully, in his sleep. "No man need fear God or the devil," he once said, "if he tells the truth...