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There are millions of good Germans, as everyone knows, and no one, certainly, wishes to hurt their feelings. But some of the best Germans share one trait of the worst-they only accept the word of Germans. The rest of the human race for them consists of four or five billion Jews, who cannot be expected to do justice to Germans. Only through the pressure of Germans will Germany be changed. This fact may teach a hard lesson, but it is one that will have to be learned. When Germans universally find that the universe detests their masters, and that...
...boys should be so widely and sensationally denounced for an outrage which the 'valiant defenders of democracy' have been committing' with perfect liberty during the past 20 years.... Speaking with all possible impartiality, I can't fail to see in the melodramatic charges of legion men a certain psychological trait, commonly found in the 'bully' type. Here's my proof...
...military training, children begin long marches at the age of 10. and 15-year-olds are expected to march 13∧ miles a day with an eleven-pound load. Result: an abnormal increase in the prevalence of fiat feet, a trait Nazis attribute to non-Aryans. Of youths conscripted in 1936. some 38% were found unfit for military service for this reason...
...typical Calypsonian inspiration was the visit of Franklin D. Roosevelt to Trinidad. Hammering long words into his melody regardless of accent (a Calypso trait), Atilla the Hun - a sober young father, mostly white, of nine children by his Negro wife - sings on a Decca disc...
...Miss Davis is again called upon to play a complex, not wholly agreeable, personality, and again she responds with a sensitive, understanding portrayal. Although the supporting cast, particularly George Brent, are especially fine, Miss Davis captures attention throughout; leaving, one can think only of Jezebel and the curious psychological trait that made her do evil almost against her will, and injure those she loved...