Word: spellbinder
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Leon Marie Joseph Ignace Degrelle, 30-year-old son of a French brewer who be came a naturalized Belgian citizen, first suspected that he had a talent for demagogy when he used to spellbind his fellow law students at Louvain University. Flung at his head by his enemies are the charges that he got no university degree, that he "evaded military service by falsely pleading heart disease." By 1934 he was running his own paper Rex (taking its name from Christus Rex) which, though purporting to work within the frame of the Catholic Party, offended some Catholic leaders...
...outspoken desire for war and expansion, thereby encouraging him, sided with him against Ethiopia and on other occasions when she wished to thwart France, now that her own interests are at stake, she expects France to forget everything and ardently woos her in the hope that she can spellbind her to her side...
...Priest Coughlin & retinue (including Senators Nye and Elmer Thomas) came to the platform great was the ovation. The hall, with 15,000 people in it, was nearly full but there was no overflow audience. First, the evening's hero let his sponsors spellbind the crowd. Applause and cheers came liberally, turning to hisses when Priest Coughlin's Washington lobbyist, Louis B. Ward, referred to "a certain kept General, Hugh S. Johnson." It was 11 p. m. before Priest Coughlin's turn arrived but the audience was still enthusiastic...