Word: aversion
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The Bureau of the Mint avers that the Jefferson nickel, no matter what apparent distortion appears in photographs of the model, will be perfectly circular.-ED.
Inclined despite his democratic manners to be a playboy, a first recognition of social inequality came to Franklin Roosevelt from seeing the New York poor on excursion steamers as he sailed past on his yacht. The first really good lick destiny got in was his marriage to serious, social-minded...
"By considering the pros and cons of the historic debates of previous generations, a student can exercise his own judgment on matters of political importance relatively unhampered by the propagandist" President Conant avers.
Main source of this confusion, says Chase, comes from the "semantic illiteracy" of using such words as though they had an actual point of reference in the physical world, whereas in fact they are in the same category as the "souls" which savages give to trees, rivers and the like...
Underlying purpose of Cleopatra's maneuvers, avers Ludwig, was to preserve her honor as patriot, mother, loving wife. In order to make this point, he rejects the orthodox version: that she made a deal with Octavian to assassinate Antony, tricked him into suicide, committed suicide herself only when her...