Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Blowing Up. At week's end a State Department note went to the British. State agreed, in principle, that the U.S. should assume the commitments in Greece. The final decision would be Congress', which must appropriate the funds. But there seemed to be little doubt that Congress would vote them in the end. Senate Republican Boss Bob Taft, for one, did not think $250 million was really very much in a budget of many billions...
...same speech at Princeton, Marshall said: "I doubt seriously whether a man can think with full wisdom and with deep conviction regarding certain of the basic international issues today who has not at least reviewed in his mind the period of the Peloponnesian War and the fall of Athens...
...riot occurred later, when somebody referred, in the course of saying grace, to this "fresh instance of bounty" in the midst of what was described as the "ancient and fish like smell" of University Hall. The discontinuation of grace allegedly can be traced to the resulting disturbance. And, beyond doubt, it was just this attitude on the part of the student body that precipitated the final exit of overcooked ducks from University Hall, and the entrance of deans...
Four goals for the Chasemen in the second period proved the margin of victory. Needham rallied to score twice at the start of the third period and pull up to within one goal of a tie, and the final outcome remained in doubt with both teams staging frequent scoring attacks until Lou Preston sunk the clincher at 15:30 unassisted...
...living costs. They expected that spot deliveries would be commonplace by year's end. Emerson Radio likewise took a dim view of the size of the market. In the first big break in radio prices, it reduced the price 20% on its leading portable model. There was little doubt that department-store buying, which had lagged since Christmas, was well down from the peak. Last week's sales were only 9-13% in dollar volume above those of a year ago. Counting the price rise in a year, current unit sales are probably below last year...