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Word: doubting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...doubt little Leeds has been brought up in the "Christian" doctrine of "Too Proud to Fight." Still perhaps I am too hard on him. I have known "scouts" who later became manly men; but as "scouts" they certainly do not belong under "Army...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: In Necaragua | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

...reading your description of him would infer without any doubt or hesitation that he is of French nationality whereas he was born not on the northern side of the Pyrenees but on the southern. I am aware of the fact that he speaks French and also, by the way, the Basque tongue for I have heard him conversing in those languages, but he does not come from the Basque region of southern France but from the corresponding section of northern Spain. In view of this there is no doubt as to his being Spanish and at the same time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: In Necaragua | 8/8/1927 | See Source »

...weighty correspondence. Recently in a small circle of friends I referred to TIME and this related affair; and the consensus of opinion was that yours is an atheistic medium, pure and simple, sponsored by and for the purpose of promoting Atheism, hence your placing me - and others no doubt - in direct communication with these professed and confessed, so-called "Truth Seekers," thereby causing them to release a batch of atheistic literature. My friends agree that it is one method of distribution. I warmly defended TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 1, 1927 | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

During the episode of Mme. Lambrino, Carol retained his rights and title of Crown Prince; but with the advent of Mme. Lupescu he abdicated, announcing that he had become a private citizen. This status was confirmed by the Rumanian Parliament, but jurists doubt the constitutionality of the proceedings, which were hastily put through by M. Bratiano, avowedly a foe to Carol. As yet no satisfactory explanation has revealed why the Crown Prince thus played into the hands of the Dictator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUMANIA: Michael I | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...intricate and extensive series of experiments on some 200 trees, shrubs and other plants that produce a sap with the characteristics of rubber. Mr. Firestone said of him: "No one knows more about rubber than Edison." Said Mr. Edison of the Dutch East Indies report: "There is no doubt that the method will greatly increase output as well as cheapen it. ... I am not working to cheapen rubber. ... I believe enough rubber can be grown in the U. S. to. pull us through [in case of war]. The price is not serious in such a case...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: More Rubber | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

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