Word: countrymen
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...animals, to the ineffable silence of mountain ranges. The serious thesis, finally, that men are better outdoors than in; that the Antaeus myth is sober truth; that cities bury their builders' souls, is argued with a militance amply justified by the writer's competence. Few of his countrymen are as civilized as Author Burt...
...express their opinion and make known their convictions without being awed or intimidated by the fear that the court could punish them for what it might call contempt of court, and this place is one of them. . . . "Mr. President, there are millions of his [Mr. Fall's] countrymen who would not object to seeing him adorned with a yellow necktie in the form of a grass rope. If an American soldier in charge of the oil reserves of the nation had done what he has done he would have been court-martialed and shot. "... I am going to close...
Diligent, the priest wrote out a petition to the Emperor, setting forth the sins of his countrymen, especially the politicians. Serene, he donned the death robe of one about to commit harakiri, and purchased a disemboweling knife. Shrewd, he covered the white death robe with a dark overgarment and lay in wait for Prince Regent Hirohito near the Regent's Palace...
...returning your coupon, allow me to say that, as a student of my fellow countrymen, I should greatly like to see a compilation of the statistics resulting from your study. It has been my plan to write a book some day, classifying the citizens of our country according to their sense of humor. Do not misunderstand me when I declare that TIME'S sense of humor is utterly unique in my experience. Your coupon was a prize example of it. I should never suggest that your readers are primarily attracted by your sense of humor, for of course your...
...modest house which he occupies in a suburb of Tokyo. The fleet has been built up by men like Admiral Togo, samurai ("military nobles") who went to England in their youth, drank at the authentic font of naval lore, and came home to instruct and inspire their countrymen. Japan requires a navy now as never before. The European nations, emerging from their mutual war preoccupation, will soon begin again to interpenetrate the Orient in earnest. Beside the problems of defense, Japan is faced with the eventual necessity of seeking new outlets for her population. Even if these...