Word: willfullness
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¶ "The alarming change in the balance of world power, arising from the tragic decisions taken by willful or guileless men representing us at Teheran, Yalta, Potsdam and elsewhere . . . Soviet ascendancy as a world power and our own relative decline . . ."
Referring to the ripping of film from a camera by a policeman, Pope claimed that "so far as we know, there is no law in the State of Massachusetts against snapping a camera in a public place," and added that the CRIMSON might have a legitimate suit for damages for...
¶In Washington, bald, jovial Henry W. ("The Dutchman") Grunewald, the semi-mystery man of the income-tax scandals, was cited by unanimous (334-0) vote of the House. The members found him in contempt for "willful and deliberate" refusal to cooperate with the Ways & Means Committee, which was trying...
The one thing that wealthy, willful King Farouk of Egypt most wants is a male heir. His first Queen and childhood sweetheart, Farida, failed him: after three children, all girls, he divorced her. Last spring, Farouk married a teen-age cutie, 18-year-old Narriman Sadek, a commoner. Last week...
Rich in comedy, farce, opera and extravaganza though the play may be, at bottom it is melancholy and autumnal. Actor Olivier, indeed, represents Caesar as stooped, weary, elderly-an excellent piece of acting, but a doubtful interpretation. For (what surely Shaw never intended) Olivier's Caesar is a man...