Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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There is no doubt that Pilot Clarence Duncan Chamberlin and Passenger Charles A. Levine accomplished a heroic feat (TIME, June 13). Daring, they made a non-stop flight of 3,905 miles-the longest in history. Resolute, they reached Berlin after twice being forced to descend en route. Worthy, they were honored by President Paul von Hindenburg and the German people...
...Clemenceau, would you deprive others of the pleasure which you yourself no doubt enjoy-the pleasure of reading the War memoirs of your contemporaries...
...given of its best to these men. Whatever they had she has given them again an hundredfold. To a greater or a lesser degree they have begun to grow up. At the moment of departure there may be in the heart of the man who leaves the College doubt of his own power, even among the manifestations of trust and the symbols of early success. Conquest of this doubt and proof of power lies in a future of uncertainty and difficulty...
...political angling, both as baiter and baited, finds a real recreation in dealing with a tribe whose wiles are of a more subtle order. The landing of a brook trout gives infinitely deeper satisfaction than the discomfiture of a poor political fish or fisherman. Further, there can be little doubt that the a worm are far more palatable than the big fish in the governmental swim...
...plump, spacious, jolly old defamer, but really, said the police, something must be done. It was decided to invite M. Daudet to jail. He was so informed two years ago, but the R. S. P. V. on the card brought forth from M. Daudet a polite regret. He, no doubt, "regretted that he was unable to accept Monsieur Le Prefect's kind invitation", and perhaps even hinted at "a previous engagement...