Word: shame
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Philadelphia's Shame...
...generally in a manner highly discourteous and disrespectful to the speaker. Finally he stopped and pleaded with the audience, which then permitted him to finish his speech-which he did hastily. Like many another resident of this city, I came away from the meeting with a deep sense of shame that an honest and sincere public official could not give to a Philadelphia audience a straight forward account of certain phases of the public business-even if it was not thrillingly interesting-without being subjected to such indignities. W. BROOKE GRAVES...
...voluminous report, will crown the labors of Mr. Morgan and Mr. Young. Said a member of the Japanese delegation when things looked blackest last week, "I am deeply sorry for our chairman. Mr. Young has done everything a man could possibly do to make for success. It is a shame that his wonderful work should be branded with defeat. He deserved something far, far better!" Allied Bulls Baited. The offer made by Dr. Schacht, which seemed to brand FAILURE upon all concerned last week, was in fact a pair of alternatives. The Allies could take their choice, and in either...
...than we are. For all this we have ourselves to blame! Let us no longer deceive ourselves with self-complacent talks about imperialistic powers hampering our national progress and prosperity. Let us read the recent history of Japan and bury our conceit and self-deception once for all in shame and repentance...
...this house deplores the large part that advertising plays in modern civilization"; Harvard upheld the affirmative. J. F. Harding '30, opening the case for his side, branded all advertising as merely competitive, instead of educational; and declared that it is intended to appeal to the baser emotions of cupidity, shame, and the like. Werner, of Brown, advocated advertising because it supports mass production and thus raises the wages. G. W. Harrington '30 presented an analysis showing that it causes economic instability, and, eventually, is paid for by the consumer...