Word: doubt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...post-War employment conditions, loss of records through death of physicians, inability to locate witnesses known 15 years ago, and other normal factors complicate the problem of proof for many men. The regulations adopted under the 1933 Economy Act very virtuously read that the benefit of a reasonable doubt, on such proof as was presented, should go to the veteran; but other clauses so restricted the application of this rule that its interpretation resulted in a 60% spread in the action of boards in different States: and the Appeal board in Washington very frankly reversed the formula and attempted...
...passed over. Senator Borah resolutely moved that in spite of the objection the bill be considered and he demanded a roll call. The clerks called the 96 names, and after the vote some half-dozen Senators rose to alter their ballots or transfer their pairs, leaving the result in doubt...
...outward appearance a true Harvard man. Hoeing confesses to the heathen background of an Amherst A. B. (Cum Laude 1929). He smokes innumerable cigarettes, without removing them from his mouth; from this is derived, no doubt, in an attempt to escape the smoke, the tilt of his head and the squint of his eyes. Nights he is to be seen returning from Hazen's beer parlor, an aged grey slouch hat perched on his head, and the eternal butt in his mouth...
...would naturally be opposed to the administration, but by persons close to the administration and others who have the interests of the Democratic Party close at heart. His backing of the McKee faction in New York and its subsequent failure, his cancellation of the airmail contracts and the doubtful wisdom of such a move, and his restriction of mail delivery with the concomitant censure it elicited, have made people doubt his ability as an administrator and politician. His sudden reversals of policy, moreover, have given his activities a tinge of opportunism that is distasteful to one who likes...
Armed with the whimsical title "Madame Axel from Greece," the brothers Minsky no doubt felt their battle to be half won, and with characteristic lavishness they have placed another brilliant and scintillating extravaganza before the public. Of Greece or the Grecian damsel aforementioned there is not the slightest mention once the curtain has risen -- but the title is a good one, and it has a flavor all its own. This flavor is heightened by the customary sale during the intermission of artistic booklets ("the raciest, spiciest little novelty we've set at your disposal in a long time, gentlemen...