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Word: doubting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...debate in Congress over the Neutrality bill had been an opaque mess to Vag. Each side seemed right, and yet they disagreed bitterly. Who dared to doubt the sincerity of the Lion of Idaho, Senator Borah; or the high-mindedness of the President, who surely knew that his place in history was secure if he succeeded in keeping the U. S. out of war? Vag even began to wonder if this were not just a great sham battle, masking the intrigues of powerful men behind the scenes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Vagabond | 11/9/1939 | See Source »

Third place is still in doubt with Kirkland and Dunster only a half game apart and with one game apiece to play. Since the Deacons have to play the champion Puritans tomorrow while Dunster has drawn the hapless Eliot eleven which has yet to win a game, the Punsters have the edge on the position...

Author: By John C. Robbins, | Title: Undefeated Winthrop Certain To Take House Championship | 11/7/1939 | See Source »

There was no doubt about the riding, said the reporter; question was, was he coming or going? The President just laughed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Better Natured | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

France. "I believe that throughout the entire world there is today not the slightest doubt that the French people did not want war and that the French people would sooner have peace today than tomorrow, and that this war was forced upon them with unparalleled cunning, cynicism, and brutality on the part of Britain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: In Full Force | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

Last week the Commission issued its decision. Although there was "grave doubt" about the station's "qualifications to operate in ... the public interest," the Commission was of the opinion that "an order of revocation of license need not be entered at this time." Reason: "These particular broadcasts were provoked by the occasion, and are not necessarily indicative of widespread infractions in the course of this station's broadcast activities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Rebuke | 11/6/1939 | See Source »

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