Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...middle-aged hero (Umberto Spadaro), Fascism at first is something to suffer in silence and loathe from a distance. Then it closes in until it engulfs him: it forces him to join the party or lose his job; it turns his wife and daughter into prattling Mussolini worshipers; it sends his oldest son (Massimo Girotti) to fight in Ethiopia, Spain, Albania and Russia and claims his two younger sons for the Battle of Sicily...
...burden of the campaign," said Colonel Bennett, "I want to say that all is being done that is humanly possible to be done to assure that Catholic, Protestant and Jewish chaplains are present to minister to those who are in danger and to the wounded and dying . . . Wherever men suffer and die, they have a right to expect that the church will be there. The chaplains . . . will be there...
Steel production capacity was far greater than before World War II. In steel the needs were greater than capacity as long as the big auto and building booms ran full tilt, but cutbacks in the civilian use of steel were coming. Home appliances would also suffer, and especially television sets, which use plenty of electronic gear. There was more natural rubber than in 1942, and synthetic plants that were either in operation or could be within a few months, but a fuller mobilization might still bring a civilian tire shortage...
...which the public and the nation at large are concerned; for to publicize unfounded and malicious lies is to create Fascism, Naziism, Tojoism and Communism, jeopardizing the peace, freedom and security of the nation . . . Unless [such] treacherous propaganda ... is put an end to, the people of this nation will suffer the consequences with continued transportation disasters, floods, tornadoes and ultimate war which would undoubtedly mean the annihilation of civilization...
Instrument of Fate. In Paris, Fortuneteller Juliette Pialat, jailed for hitting her husband on the head with a club, explained: "I had read in the cards that my husband would suffer a heavy blow...