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Word: doubting (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...spectator gladly accepts, but the quality of the lines in a bafller. At first they seem to be simply pedestrian, and lame at that. But a glance at the notes assures us that they are "deliberate and caluclated naivetics." That they are so intended we have no right to doubt. But the spectator must decide for himself whether the simplicity on this side of the subtle differs from that on the other side. It is hard not to be skeptical about the value of what so resombles childish buffoonery as the admonition issued by a gatekeeper in this play that...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Playgoer | 12/5/1936 | See Source »

There can be no doubt that the formation of the Ivy League as an official entity would at once create a wholesome enthusiasm among the members of the institutions involved, which is usually lacking now except during championship seasons. Every game with a League opponent would naturally have an important bearing on the League championship with the result that the stress would be removed from the importance of having an undefeated season and anti-climactic games would also tend to be eliminated. Teams which did not win most of their games could still take an interest in their standing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN EDITORIAL | 12/3/1936 | See Source »

Without a question of a doubt, the trend in men's suits this winter is to the conservative. Liberals have made many a gain this year but fashion is still ruled by the conservative element. The most popular Single Breasted Coat is the three button with natural body lines. Checks and Plaids are on the wane to be replaced by modest stripings and single line window pane squares...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Winter Trends in Men's Clothes Are More Conservative | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

...influence," Andrews said. "The presence of huge magnetic fields in the sunspots results in their acting as howitzers to pour forth charged particles of matter into the interplanetary realm. If the earth is in the range of the howitzer, its atmosphere is the recipient of these particles, and, beyond doubt, electrical phenomena should occur there...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Stormy Weather in Stellar Atmosphere Revealed in Observatory Photographs | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

...door of one of the local pay lavatories and install the lock on his window. And though the lock functioned for only a penny, some say business was so good that the student managed to pay half of his tuition through this ingenious device. And personally I don't doubt it, for, as the story goes, one night the lock got stuck; and the next morning over a hundred students were before the dean to explain their tardiness and to pay fines ranging from ten shillings to five pounds...

Author: By Christopher Janus, | Title: The Oxford Letter | 12/2/1936 | See Source »

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