Word: ruthlessness
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...committeemen applauded with great heartiness. Boss Arvey, they knew, would still control the mass of minor patronage. But an era was ended. The symbol of that era was Ed Kelly, the onetime sanitary engineer, the confirmed tormenter of the English language, the kingcog of a ruthless machine which kept Democrats in power in Chicago and Washington...
...fact that Secretary of State James F. Byrnes has received so many votes for Man of the Year, there are indications that many of your readers are on the right track. But they're going the wrong way. Byrnes's fame rests on his struggle against ruthless power to enforce its will on the plain citizens of the world. It is this evil power and its attempt to extend itself . . . that has provided the most significant news of 1946. I therefore nominate for Man of the Year the greatest personification of that power-Vyacheslav Molotov...
...NOMINATE HENRY A. WALLACE BECAUSE OF HIS PRACTICALITY, FORESIGHT AND COURAGE IN COMBATING RUTHLESS WARMONGERING MINORITY IN HIGH AND LOW PLACES...
...poorest countries on the Continent. If Indonesia really wants complete freedom, we are not going to stop her and we cannot stop her. But we Netherlanders sincerely hope the Indonesians have some common sense left. If we move out, the Indonesians will be a prey to Communism or to ruthless big business...
...tenderly from every possible angle and spiced it up with a thrilling musical background, it stands revealed as a rather small, shivering, indecently exposed banality. Hollywood's cameras, always rudely frank about a misshapen nose or an inept gesture, have everlastingly proved that they can be equally ruthless and revealing with a fuzzy idea...