Word: screams
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With the publication of each new scholarly inquiry into the origins of the World War, those whose memories go back to the fatal days of 1914 have a vivid example of the way in which disinterested study and perspective change history from the partisan scream of newspaper headlines to the weighted decisions of historians. It is evident that amid the confusion of reports and propaganda surrounding each day's news only with extreme difficulty can the layman arrive at anything like an unprejudiced opinion concerning the events which are taking place round about him. Nevertheless it is that very opinion...
Seemingly the Berlin detectives worked on the theory that a genuine Sadist in the audience would react with pleasure if not glee, while everyone else would be revolted or would scream or faint, as many did last week. Results from this strenuous method of crime detection were said to be "promising," and several arrests were made, though no one was actually charged with being a Crime Clubber last week...