Word: downtrodden
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Malik "proved little." (The Quakers did not expect it would), but say nothing of the strange (for a police state) willingness of the common people to talk about politics, living standards, and their government. The attitude of the Russian people towards the U.S.--that we are a nation of downtrodden slaves, held in check by our capitalist masters--is never mentioned, nor is the Russian emphasis on monetary reward. Facts about Russia are hard enough to obtain; when bona fide ones are available, they should be reported fairly... Ken Emerson...
...trying to gulp down two bottles of champagne at one draught). His Moslem subjects began killing Europeans. The British bombarded Alexandria in 1882, and then took over. They balanced the budget, and set up a sound potential administration, but failed to do much to better the lot of the downtrodden fellahin...
...loved the new Red China: "Its strength of 450 million men, comrades, 450 million men powerfully organized-politically, economically and militarily organized-with a huge military organization hammering at imperialism in Asia and elsewhere . . . brings a message ... of redemption to the downtrodden masses of Asia and throughout the empires." Soviet Russia, too, had a message of redemption: it had achieved "grandiose strides of socialist economy . . . [and] capitalist nations have lagged far behind...
Under the spoon-feeding of Cartoonist Charlie Plumb, Ella Cinders had come a long way in 25 years with United Features Syndicate. From a childhood of downtrodden poverty, homely Ella had grown up into a curly-locked career girl who had married tall & handsome Bentley Patches six years ago. The wedding has turned out to be a great mistake, at least to Comic Stripper Plumb and his scriptwriter, Fred Fox. They wanted to get Ella back on the Cinderella beam and there was no place for a husband in that kind of strip...
...Maggiorani. "Your companions are grumbling," he said. "They claim you made millions from the movie. It's not fair to fire them and keep you." So Maggiorani was fired. "Never mind," said Giuseppina cheerfully. "Since your role in The Bicycle Thief you have actually become Antonio. You feel downtrodden, and now your bicycle has been stolen. We will .merely tell De Sica you want to make another picture...