Word: shouting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Bayonets in Belgium. Following a fortnight of riots in Brussels, the Belgian Chamber of Deputies met behind a wall of British tanks and bayonets, voted, 116 to 12, to retain Premier Hubert Pierlot. In Brussels, there were many strikes. But most of Belgium was quiet. The Communists continued to shout: "The Pierlot Cabinet is condemned by the mass of people." Through the newly opened port of Antwerp, people expected Allied food...
...Communist ex-ministers beat a tactical retreat, told their followers: "Personal arms must be surrendered. . . . The Resistance must do everything in its power to maintain order . . . avoid any conflict with Allied armies." But 15,000 Belgians with Hammer-&-Sickle flags marched through Brussels streets and continued to shout: "A bas Pierlot!" (Down with Pierlot...
...fanaticism is also disturbing. A Brooklyn private, describing the banzai shout, told Bigart: "It had kind of a weird sound, like Ladies' Day at Ebbets Field." Wrote Bigart: "The German . . . rarely tries suicide tactics. When a mission becomes hopeless the German gives up. But the Japanese never does...
...keep people in the Army about as cheaply as we can create an agency for them when they are out." In fact, the full text of "Uncle Freddie's" report ended up by recommending speedy demobilization. But while the Democrats were getting to their feet to shout "I object," Prosecutor Dewey was attacking on another front...
Caruso turned his head a little. Those nearest heard him say, in a voice that was neither a cry nor a shout, but a husky statement, startingly clear: "Viva l'Italia! Aim well...