Word: candidated
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Beat The French! The Cunard White Star Line and upper class Britons generally deplored any suggestion that there might be a transatlantic record beaten, but everywhere among Britain's lower classes sailing day brought candid remarks by millions that "she'll beat the French!" In Paris and in London, confident booking clerks assured Queen Mary passengers that, leaving Southampton on Wednesday afternoon, she would dock in Manhattan on Sunday afternoon (four days). Aboard the ship sailed scores of passengers with tourist-agency coupons commencing in Manhattan with dinner on Sunday night...
...Andrews and his colleagues have prepared for University Hall a searching and candid report on the activities and problems of the Freshman year. The Confidential Guide Committee's newest platform is characterized particularly by the tenacity of purpose which shows itself in the emphasis placed on certain recommendations made last year and about which nothing has been done...
Thus in the most candid German fashion the Nazi election cat was extracted from the bag last week by Adolf Hitler and swung by the tail before the eyes of London statesmen. Whatever they did not see, they heard in Nazi electioneering speeches...
Significance. While polishing up their orations for delivery this week, London Naval Conference statesmen said in candid asides last week: "The new Treaty is preferable to not signing anything...
Somewhat suppressed is the humor of the distinguished pair: Ginger's candid pertness and Fred's urbane, nonchalant thrusts. In this picture they go through a rather desultory courtship, which might amuse those who enjoy witnessing embarrassment, but can hardly satisfy those who look for the crisp and the bright. The other thread of romance between Randolph Scott and Harris Hilliard, adds but little...