Word: sternly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...steamship Rossia wallowed in the fog at Marseilles' rickety pier G. At her stern, a red flag hung limply in the November drizzle; on her funnel was the hammer and sickle.* Above the monotonous slap of the waves came occasional harsh orders, the melancholy strains of a Russian song...
...anti-Bevin rebellion in the Labor Party's ranks was the subject of a terse party caucus. Rebel Leader Richard Grossman, after stern, reproving lectures behind locked doors by Prime Minister Attlee and other party fathers, had apologized and promised not to do it again. But, said one Labor M.P.: "It's like the man who finds that his wife has been unfaithful. She says she's sorry, and they are to patch up the marriage and carry on for the sake of the children. But the honeymoon is definitely over...
...three men represented the three Jewish resistance groups in Palestine: 1) Haganah (Defense), largest and most nearly moderate; 2) Irgun Zvai Leumi (National Military Organization), and 3) the Stern Gang, both outlawed advocates of terror. For hours they argued vehemently in the cigaret smoke haze. But in the end they found no shalom...
Haganah had arranged the café meeting to urge a curb on Jewish violence while there was still hope of winning concessions from the British. Its representative brought a plea from moderate Zionist leaders to "isolate [terrorists], deny them all encouragement, support and assistance." The Irgun and Stern representatives turned down that appeal, and snarled "Jewish quislings" at Haganah...
...Stern stood pat on his offer of a, 12% general increase. Said he sternly: "Since 1936 ... we have had a gun pointed at our head, in the shape of a strike threat, at every Guild negotiation. This year, the gun was not only pointed but cocked before we even sat down...