Word: sullens
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Gandhi added: "I do not want to help the Japs, even in order to free India. India, during the past 50 years' struggle for freedom, has learned not to bow to any foreign power. The moment my demands are complied with, India, instead of being sullen, becomes an ally. Remember, I am more interested than the British in keeping the Japs out. For Britain, defeat in Indian waters may mean only the loss of India, but if Japan wins, India loses everything...
...cortege, with all the outward signs of oldtime Nazi arrogance, stalked through Prague streets lined with sullen Czech workers. Then the body was shipped to Berlin for a princely funeral ordered by Adolf Hitler. What happened to Heydrich's soul, no one knew...
When Lewis walked out of A.F. of L., Murray followed. Year and a half ago, at Lewis' tearful pleading, Murray succeeded Old John as C.I.O. president. But no sentimental memories showed last week in the grey, sullen face of John Lewis...
...Questura and Mussolini's Informatori Privati del Duce ruthlessly tracked down secret agents and saboteurs. But they were handicapped by a wartime shortage of castor oil and by the people's sullen resentment. Trains, particularly those carrying German troops, were wrecked more often than authorities admitted. The Germans were everywhere, openly bragging that Italy was under their full control. But German officers and their women were stoned in Sicily...
...people of this nation are following the leadership (such as is provided for them) in the crisis as slavishly as any medieval chain gang. Thank your stars if your castigation doesn't produce the kind of sullen rancor which could one day destroy you. What this nation needs right now in these tax-ridden days is a pat on the back-not a slap on the mouth with the back of an ungrateful, irresponsible, alphabetical hand...