Word: tantruming
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...Tantrum. In Manhattan, a policeman complained that when he told Peddler Raymond Vasquez to move along he had thrown himself on the ground and lain there screaming and kicking...
...aged Marshal Henri Philippe Pétain, a Hitler tantrum was scarcely less embarrassing than the trial. No one seemed to know just why the trial was allowed to continue. But it did. Three generals testified that lack of French aviation was "stupefying"; that the "Sitzkrieg" had been "a period of stagnation"; that the press had undermined morale; that lack of liaison between air and army forces led to tragic blunders...
...almost nobody's idea of a Hollywood director. He doesn't shout at people, neither drinks nor smokes, keeps regular hours, looks, dresses and acts like a successful business executive, spends most of his weekends with his family, and has never indulged in even a small tantrum...
...expected to drink the cup of peace after the war. That is the paradox of winning both the war and the peace. All talk about fighting the enemy governments, and not the enemy peoples, is being choked in an attempt to whip the American public into a psychological tantrum that will inspire them to make great sacrifices at home and do deeds of unsurpassed daring on the battle fronts...
...small but noisy group of Catholics"- the Couglinites and Christian Fronters who currently stooge for the crusade idea - Bishop Hurley said: "We have suffered long from their tantrums. We have blushed for shame when they acted up before company as tantrum children will do in any family. Years ago they established the crank school of economics ; latterly they have founded the tirade school of journalism; they are now en gaged in popularizing the ostrich school of strategy...