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...because war had cut off his stock in trade, Champagne Salesman John Melville turned his idleness to the service of mankind. Brooding over the destructive force of human anger, he got an idea that seemed both neat and therapeutic: people in or on the edge of a destructive tizzy need to break something. The breakable object should be something that makes a satisfying smash, but not be so expensive or useful that the smasher feels remorse. Mr. Melville got a friend of his, Sculptress Frances Ferrer, to design him such an object. Last week Mr. Melville's smashable went...
Since Carol's fall and Premier General Ion Antonescu's ascent to power, the Codreanist Guards have watched the results of German occupation with growing anger. Horia Sima, leader of the moderate Guardists, was looked on as a traitor for accepting the Vice Premiership. Antonescu himself only joined the Guard after his coup, was hooted down as the German cat's-paw who had given Transylvania to the Hungarians. For the extremist Guards did not fancy the Nazis at close quarters. Among other things for which the Germans were blamed was a 300-400% rise in food...
Murray is less concerned with what people think about him than with what they think about labor. Says he, with slow anger: "There is no moral justification for the cries against labor. Labor is ... just as loyal to the cause of America and the maintenance of free democratic institutions as any group in the country...
...physically slow should not be put to work in a position where quick reaction is needed, where a crisis might arise requiring quick judgment and action. Then in the second place, the mental and emotional factor must be taken into consideration. Under this category come such things as fear, anger, worry, inattention, all those things which tend to distract a person from the task in hand. With these two as a basis, there is a third factor, which we call the mechanical factor. By this is meant some mechanical obstruction, some physical hazard, or some unsafe condition. As an illustration...
What American histories of the Revolutionary War period would Mr. Roberts recommend to one who has an "anger" against history instructors that abet historical distortion...