Word: concerned
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...displayed no signs of emotion.'' said Agent Street, ''not the slightest remorse, which of course, being an Indian, he wouldn't do. ... I talked with the boy's father and mother. They shrugged their shoulders. If they felt any emotion or any concern they certainly did not show it. ... A lot of Indians on that reservation knew who killed that girl, but of course they wouldn't tell...
...harped on the higher costs of naval construction in the U. S., stressed bigger pay, better food for U. S. sailors, declared that the U. S. spent less on its Navy in relation to national income than any other big power. Said he: "It is a matter of serious concern to the Navy that organizations [like W. P. F.] . . . interpret national defense statistics in a manner insidiously inimical to the United States and in a manner favorable to the national defense interests of foreign powers. . . . For the American standard of living, we have a comparatively inexpensive naval establishment...
...body's business but his own. Carried to an extreme, this argument is absurd. It is obvious that the College could not tolerate a man who has been definitely accused of murder during the summer vacation. But it is hard to admit that a comparatively minor indiscretion should concern any one beside the individual and such others as have been directly connected. It is no more the concern of a man's educational institution than it is of his home town chamber of commerce...
...shines, the museum takes on fresh interest. Some will decry this rejuvenation of the Fogg's "poor step-sister" as a concession to casual taste; but in an age when so many interests compete for attention, it appears a legitimate way of making Mr. Busch's gift a going concern...
...Relativity. The Dutch scientist conceives the universe as being slowly "blown up like a soap-bubble," an idea even more bewildering to the layman than Einstein's "warped space." Though this question is complex enough to make even astronomers' heads swim, its nevertheless illustrative of other disputes that should concern the average man and his beliefs...