Word: suspicions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...seemed only masters of vituperation and violence. What could be expected from a country whose leaders believed, in Propaganda Minister Goebbels' words, that their mission was "to unchain volcanic passions, to cause outbreaks of fury, to set masses of men on the march, to organize hate and suspicion with ice-cold calculation...
Catholics looked on the Society of Jesus with much suspicion before Pope Paul III formally approved it in 1540. In Spain, where Ignatius and his handful of followers begged and taught, he was twice jailed, often investigated, once haled before the Inquisition. In Paris, Ignatius cut an odd figure as a University student of 37. Author Marcuse places greater emphasis on Jesuit Loyola's physical activities than on the early turmoil of soul which produced the Spiritual Exercises, the extraordinary manual by which Jesuits are formed and live. But he does not slight the other distinctive aspect of Jesuitism...
...might not be inadvisable for holders of securities in shaving accessory companies to at least reduce their holdings until the result of this experiment is determined. I would also advise owners of securities in neckwear companies to watch this development with suspicion, for with the coming of full beards, neckties may become practically obsolete...
Arrested on suspicion of grand larceny, Eric Pinker appeared in a police lineup, jaunty in sack suit and bowler, to plead not guilty, to be confronted by "indications" that Romancer Oppenheim was not his only dissatisfied client. Finding that he had a good British passport in his pocket, a magistrate sent Mr. Pinker, handcuffed to a Negro prisoner, to be held in the Tombs without bail for trial. When a grand jury handed up an indictment and Mr. Dewey's office revealed that a series of complaints had swelled Agent Tinker's alleged pilferings to $100,000, other...
...member of the newly created Flemish Academy of Science. The Walloons were furious and the Cabinet of Premier Paul Henri Spaak fell on that issue. It was suspected that King Leopold had backed the appointment. After that Belgian statesmen struggled to form Cabinets, failed in dizzy succession. Soon the suspicion was rife that the King had dictatorial ambitions. Last week a shortlived Cabinet-that of Walloon Premier Hubert Pierlot-was again about to resign when His Majesty stepped in. He refused to accept the resignations, ordered new elections on April 2 and then sat down and wrote his ministers...