Word: doubt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...could doubt the Geological Sur vey cr Painter Thomas Moran. When he came back from the Yellowstone with a tremendous canvas of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone seen through a romantic mist. Congress voted $10,000 to buy it and hung the canvas in the Senate Lobby, where it is today. In 1872 Yellowstone Valley became the first National Park, and Thomas Moran acquired the nickname that stuck to him for the rest of his life: Thomas ("Yellowstone") Moran...
...world -Anton Pavlovich Chekhov is principally known to the U. S. as the author of one play, The Cherry Orchard.* Never so popular as Maupassant, and overshadowed today by such compatriots as Tolstoy and Dostoievsky, Chekhov had a bright day in his own lifetime (1860-1904), will no doubt re-emerge in the future. His comparatively few U. S. and English readers have generally found Chekhov, even in translation, an unforgettable experience...
...will say in their defence that they must be strong not to be corroded by the doubt we throw at them daily, at the way we allow calumny to tarnish them, and yet expect them to go on giving their time, health, patience, brains, faculties, whilst we, the people, believe ourselves justified in throwing stones at them at all seasons of the year. It really is becoming rather a one-sided game-too much take and too little give-all work and no play...
There is no doubt that this comprehensive program of reform is an excellent remedy for the evils of our formless executive branch and that it will give the federal government a modern, efficient management, with elimination of much waste. Yet it cannot be forgotten that at the same time Mr. Roosevelt is manifesting his desire for more power...
...Bill Gray's team can continue the style of play they displayed in the second half of the Princeton game, there will be no doubt about the result and Harvard would ride to an easy victory, by 15 or 20 points...