Word: shrill
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Kremlin where, in the Central Executive Committee room, Mr. Shaw leaped nimbly to the rostrum, let out several shrill whoops to test the acoustics...
...suggest that TIME gives to physical characteristics an emphasis entirely out of proportion to their importance. It matters not at all that Capone is sleek and fat, that Chiang is wasp-waisted and shrill-voiced, and that Hearst is big-nosed. These persons' importance is in their relationship and effect on humanity; and this relationship and effect does not arise out of physical characteristics...
That this was obviously untrue did not affect the case. There were shrill cries of "Wait till he gets back from London!" "Let's string...
...Chinese Officers' Moral Endeavor Association ("organized to build charac-ter") issued at Nanking recently Ten Commandments. Not legally binding, they are nevertheless officially sanctioned and strongly recommended to Chinese officers of all ranks by slim, shrill, wasp-waisted little President Chiang Kaishek, now busy fighting bandits (TIME, June...
...building the Goeben and many another grim battle boat Germany dashed into the naval race with Britain which led straight to World War. Shrill above the German shipyards' anvil warbeat rose Kaiser Wilhelm's royal ravings...