Word: soldierly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Tokyo the neighbors used to step aside to avoid his arrogant, abusive snarls and vicious manner, but none dared criticize Fifty Bells; he was a soldier trained to fight for the Emperor. "He is the finest shepherd dog in Japan," said Kazuo Akai, Fifty Bells's devoted master. But despite the boast and despite his own arrogant strutting, Fifty Bells never got a chance to show his mettle...
...grand, good soldier ever made a good politician," generalized General Jonathan Wamwright. He particularized. Eisenhower and MacArthur "are fine soldiers," said he, "and I think it would be a mistake for them to get into politics...
...integrity and dignity of the big soldier-diplomat dominated the marble caucus room. George Marshall was, as always, firm but courteous, patient and persuasive. His flat monotone carried a note of determination...
...Communists gave instructions about looting to Junan's lao pai hsing (common people). Their notice said: "When you want to rob the rich, you must not do it as you please. You must take a soldier with...
Mission work at Hsuchang had been considerably hampered by the Communist occupation, but the missionaries considered that the Reds treated them "very decently." One remembered a young Communist officer who had scolded a soldier for spitting on the mission floor. Americans did not spit on the floor, he said; Communists would have to learn that, too. To the missionary the officer said: "Christianity is not solving China's problems. You can stay around if you want, but ultimately you'll leave...