Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...occasion in question did not call for a wisecrack of this nature. I did not make it and I do not doubt that many reading the remark attributed to me, will feel that I acted in a most unbecoming and undignified manner...
Approval of these plans was never in any doubt, but the discussion of them gave scope for oratory. President William Green of the A. F. of L. elaborately denounced C. I. O. for splitting Labor's ranks...
Crawford's square-headed racquet still commanded such respect that expert doubt about Budge's ability to beat him was perfectly honest before the match began. And doubt still assailed the U. S. squad's brain trust after they had picked Bryan ("Bitsy") Grant, the lionhearted, 5 ft. 4 in. Atlanta tumblebug, as No. 2 U. S. singles player. But all doubts evaporated when, as so often happens in sport, what had promised to be a titanic struggle turned out to be nothing of the sort...
...doubt the man who made this suggestion thought it would be taken as a joke. But on the contrary, we know a good idea when we see one. This...
...President's position, for liberals in Congress felt there was still less need for enlarging the Court to insure a liberal majority. Result: the one promising chance of the President's getting his plan approved dwindled until the odds were slightly against it and there was even doubt last week whether a bill to let him appoint two additional Justices could be passed...