Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...doubt whether there is any spot on the face of the earth where the advent of Western business, with its invariable accompaniments of liquor, gambling, prostitution and movies, has had graver consequences in debauching and demoralizing a people than among the inhabitants of the Fiji Islands, who had been lifted from cannibal savagery to simple but admirable Christian living in less than a century by the influence of Christian missions...
There was no doubt left that the C.I.O. and A.F.L. meant to fight a bitter-end battle. Phil Murray put his signature to a 41-page document listing legal loopholes for C.I.O. lawyers to crawl through. Old Bill Green announced that the A.F.L. was planning a national work stoppage on Election Day in 1948, to get out the vote against the Congressmen who had voted for the Taft-Hartley bill...
...sincerely hope that we shall remain friends," replied Jinnah with frosty politeness. There was a touch of doubt in his voice. He blamed the British for what he considered unfavorable Pakistan-India boundaries...
...trial for trying to solve [a] murder." This kind of news, said a front-page editorial, was run "to help Mayor Kennelly prevent the return of gangster rule in this city." Capone's mob might or might not be coming back, but there was no doubt that an able mob of Hearstlings had moved in on the Her old-American...
...unenlightened stopgap teachers reacted much like new children to the school's free atmosphere. They swore a great deal, were mean, spiteful and irresponsible. "Quite hopeless," says Mrs. Neill. No doubt they felt that they had a case. Says one current teacher: "Believe me, it is the hard way. Sometimes it is no longer possible to bear it. Then the only thing to do is to clear out completely for a few hours. The noise is the worst thing...