Word: doubt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ohio, June 9 -- Delivering a stinging condemnation of the New Deal in a keynote address that they well carry him to the Vice-Presidential nomination, Senator Frederick Stewer of Oregon virtually swept the Republican Convention off its feet tonight when he declared that an "aroused" American, casting out all doubt, will vindicate the faith of the fathers...
...Gerber, Sergeant Major of Engineers from 1839 to 1871, who was cited "for distinguished gallantry in many actions . . . covering a period of 32 years." However, the decoration did not exist before 1862. -ED.] These awards were to be issued for acts, "above and beyond duty," and I have no doubt that many were well-merited. However it must have been quite a shock to the 30 who escorted President Lincoln's remains to have been decorated for that reason...
...suit against the American League Baseball Club because a ball batted by George Herman ("Babe") Ruth hit him at Yankee Stadium in 1934. To the defense that some might consider it an honor to be hit by the world's homerun king, Justice Lester Lazarus sniffed : "No doubt, but the plaintiff could not appreciate the honor, as he was knocked un conscious...
...demonstrated beyond any reasonable doubt that those industries which have been most successful in reducing costs of goods and services . . . have at the same time paid the highest wage and have continually raised that wage through evolution. It would naturally follow from what our President says that if the reduction of costs decreases consumption, an increase in costs should increase consumption. It is impossible to reconcile that philosophy with the past record and today's experience...
...looked at from the point of view of a Harvard which has an active responsibility in turning men into the world who are fitted to take their places in a selected profession, it is criminally wrong to let drifters float out unprepared. There is certainly no doubt that there are many such men graduating from Harvard every year, with the stamp of an A.B. after their names. Eventually, some solution must be found for their problem. For now it is the duty of the University to make every effort possible to inspire these men to study by supplying them with...