Word: contradicted
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...Ireland a generation ago would have dared contradict the smitten heart of Poet William Butler Yeats. Like the fabulous bird of Greek myth, the phoenix about whom he wrote in these lines was unique, alone of her species. Born in London, the daughter of an aristocratic Irish officer, tall, stately Maud Gonne (pronounced Gun) was educated in a Paris convent and made her debut in glittering St. Petersburg. She was a daring horsewoman, a thrilling amateur actress, a painter and a gifted linguist. With a Junoesque figure and chestnut hair that fell well below her knees, she was, they said...
...recent survey concludes, that the "growth and prosperity of American industry is of great benefit and importance to universities." Harvard's growing holdings in common stocks and Claflin's statement concerning the rising returns from these holdings and the consequent increase in favorable balances last year hardly contradict this line of reasoning...
Will Clayton's wife, Susan, begged to contradict her husband's explanation for his bow-out as Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs (he had said her health demanded it). "There's nothing wrong with me," she informed the press, "except 45 years of my husband's 16-hour working day. ... He was terrifically tired. . . ." On top of that, Clayton hinted that he might head the delegation to the World Trade Conference in Havana this month...
...G.O.P. victory in 1948 by "a surprisingly heavy" majority. His press conference answers were short & snappy. Would he run for Vice President? "Who ever runs for Vice President?" What about Columnist Drew Pearson's remarks that Martin was seriously worried about generals-in-politics? "Who ever would contradict Drew?" Has President Truman been consulting or cooperating with Republican leaders? "I hold a fairly important post in Republican councils and I have never been told anything...
...Trick-Shot Artist." Back in the witness chair, Airman Hughes took off again. In scrawling longhand he had written a statement and he read it challengingly: "The public has witnessed two men getting up under oath and saying things which contradict each other. ... It stands to reason one of us is telling something which is not the truth. I have been reprimanded for using the word liar, so I shall try to avoid using the word...