Word: traitor
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Jonathan Edwards College, for the famed Presbyterian theologian (1703-58). Graduated from Yale at 17, Edwards preached dogmatically, saved many a soul, wrote many a book. In 1757 he succeeded his son-in-law Aaron Burr (father of Traitor Aaron Burr) as president of Princeton University, died of smallpox inoculation in the following year. Princeton also reveres him, has an Edwards Street, an Edwards Hall...
...Beta Kappa. "I shall remain at my post and attend to my duties," boldly retorted Minister Wang. Crash, rip, zip, bang! A frenzied mob of students rushed the Foreign Office, burst through hastily locked doors, hurled chairs and toppled desks, charged in wild pandemonium for Mr. Wang. "Traitor!" they yelled. "You have betrayed China! Death, death to Wang!" Before defenseless Minister Wang could rise, a well hurled inkpot gashed his head. Mobsmen with clubs laid on. The Foreign Minister of China was almost beaten then and there to Death, would have been had not his loyal servants flying-wedged...
...lawmakers of Texas turn traitor." boomed the Long voice out of the loudspeakers, "and fail to prohibit cotton on Texas farms, the price of your crop will fall to 2� per Ib. next year. How do you vote on the cotton holiday plan...
...little clarity the documents which lead to the conviction of Dreyfus but it is explicit in dealing with later developments of the case: the imprisonment of Dreyfus on Devil's Island; the efforts of Emile Zola and others to establish his innocence; the trial of the real traitor, Major Esterhazy; the subsequent recall and rehabilitation of Dreyfus. The picture suffers from the technical weaknesses of most films manufactured in England but it recreates for its audiences the excitement which made the Dreyfus case a scandal, a tragedy and a political upheaval as well as a cause celebre. Good shot...
Tristan the Hero, wounded by Traitor Melot's sword thrust, was dying one night last week on the stage of the Festspielhaus at Bayreuth, Germany. As Kurvenal, his faithful manservant, stood by him, Tristan sang feverishly, sometimes shouting, sometimes sinking into exhausted murmurs. Patiently the audience attended his efforts. But a larger audience, more excited, spread all over the world, listened to Tristan und Isolde through loudspeakers. It was a tradition-breaking radio broadcast: first one to come from Bayreuth. To insure its excellence, all other broadcasting in Germany had been hushed. The Reichs Rundfunk Gesellschaft sent...