Search Details

Word: ruffian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1960
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...followed, in Germany and abroad, are now on the wane, but at week's end, with a vehemence rare in him. Chancellor Konrad Adenauer went on the air with a remedy for anti-Semites in action: "I say to all my German fellow citizens, if you catch a ruffian anywhere, execute the punishment on the spot and give him a sound thrashing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WEST GERMANY: The Haunted Past | 1/25/1960 | See Source »

First | | 1 | | Last