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Word: directness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...intrepid band of ladies, full of git & gumption, descended on Seneca Falls, N.Y., to declare a rebellion against "the repeated injuries and usurpations on the part of man toward woman." These injuries, they said, had as their direct object the establishment of an "absolute tyranny" over woman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Spent Crusade | 3/1/1948 | See Source »

Bonnet concluded by affirming that developments within Czechoslovakia will have no direct effect on French politics. "We stand with the U. S. and Britain in opposing the new disguised dictatorship," he stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Success of ERP Necessary For Peace,' Claims Bonnet | 2/28/1948 | See Source »

...become increasingly dissatisfied with Harvard teaching methods, I have felt obliged to put my thoughts down on paper. Much thought and experimentation are needed to make this plan a reality, if it is found to have any merit, but above all there is a need that the administration direct its attention to Harvard College as such and not just to Harvard University as a research center for which Harvard College is the source of teaching personnel and future alumni contributions...

Author: By Shane E. Riorden, | Title: Cabbages and Kings | 2/26/1948 | See Source »

Speakers at the University rally will be Major Aubrey S. Eban, liaison officer to the UN Palestine Commission coming direct from yesterday's Security Council session, and David Hunter of the Christian Education Department of the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Holy Land Rally Billed for Tonight | 2/25/1948 | See Source »

...went ahead with production, the Dramatic Club heard from Lee Strasburg, veteran Broadway producer, who announced that he would be unsble to direct "The Survivor" owing to pressure of other duties. However, he did consent to join Drian Shaw, the play's author, in revising the HDC script...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HTW Rounds Out 'Murder' Casting As HDC Continues Hunting Director | 2/21/1948 | See Source »

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