Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...east of England were reported last week to be bartering pails of milk for pints of water. Half round the world in Santiago de Cuba there were street fights and stabbings when the water-carts passed. Prolonged drought was parching many lands, but rural England and Cuba seemed to suffer most. Scientists recalled that, although man can go without food for two months and live, without water he shrivels and dies in from six days...
Then came forward Mr. Filene. Information on European wages, said he, would be valuable to all U. S. businessmen. U. S. Prosperity would increase if European wages rose. Therefore he would guarantee the Labor Office $25,000 to conduct its research. A good cause should not suffer from lack of funds...
...this resolution, the 400 of music pointed with scorn at the talking cinema. Small is the loss of their livelihood, said the 400, compared to the incalculable loss which the public must suffer from "canned music." Gone will be all chance for U. S. youth-culture; gone will be all appreciation for artistic renditions. Mechanical, soulless music will pervert and deaden the public musical sense. The resolution continued...
...handing down his decision Judge Solomon said: "Due to the fact that the defendant inflicted pain upon his victim by suspending him head downward and beating him to death, he likewise should suffer pain...
General Escobar chose Jiminez, the flat sandy town that has been his headquarters for the past three weeks, on receiving word from rebel generals in the north that the morale of all their troops would suffer unless a show of force was made...