Word: discussable
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...representation of fighting men. Instead of falling into the fallacious techniques of such productions as "The Eve of Saint Mark," where the speech and thoughts of the men were involved only with the war, he has drawn a portrait of men who are embarrassed, ashamed to discuss battle and its ugly overtones...
...Attorney General did not care to discuss all these "reckless and unfounded statements," and Franklin Roosevelt found that the Littell statement substantiated Mr. Biddle's charge of insubordination. The President wrote: "This is inexcusable; and under the circumstances my only alternative is to remove him from office, which I have done today...
Avid followers of "The Indian News" are sometimes disappointed when Charlie's dispatch is limited to "Not much news this week. Indian report in jail." But their fidelity is rewarded when, under the spell of a hangover, Charlie dips his blunt pencil into vitriol to discuss the Indian and the white man. Sample: "Indian scalp his enemy, but now the white people, he skin his friends. That he called Business...
Most G.I.s seldom discuss officers except for the juniors with whom they come in contact. Bradley is an exception. They sometimes speak of him as Robert E. Lee's men spoke of their general around the campfires of the Civil War. Bradley's men know that he never forgets them, that he wants to send as many of them home alive and whole...
...Hemisphere Foreign Ministers to hear and judge her case. Foreign Minister Orlando Peluffo offered to prove that, far from betraying her Hemisphere neighbors and helping their enemies, Argentina has complied with all the requirements of Hemisphere cooperation. But he made one proviso-the conference, if held, must not discuss Argentina's internal affairs...