Word: doubting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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With the status of its ace, Jed Fitzgerald, in doubt, the varsity cross country team will travel to Amherst today for a meet with a strong squad from the University of Massachusetts. UMass has a good group of above-average harriers, and the Crimson will need a top effort to defeat the Redmen...
Pondering the meaning of Sputnik I back in October 1957, the London Express confidently predicted that the result of the Soviet push into space would be a U.S. drive to "catch up and pass the Russians" in space exploration. "Never doubt for a moment that America will be successful." the Express added. The U.S. agreed with that statement: of course it would catch up, and quickly...
...Hotel happened on the formula by accident before World War I. The Italian vermouth company, Martini & Rossi, is sometimes credited with first honors, and an 1862 bartender's manual describes a "martinez" which contains the basic ingredient but adds maraschino and bitters. Whatever its origin, there is no doubt that the martini is America's favorite cocktail...
There is no doubt that Casanova's Memoirs ranks with the great literary confessions, notably Rousseau's and Cellini's. The trouble with confessions is that the author, no matter how detached in manner, implicitly pleads for the reader's understanding. Somehow neither 20th century sociology, which might remark on the extraordinary tolerance of Casanova's era, nor 20th century psychology, which might speculate about the libertine's compulsion "to prove something," really equips the reader to understand Casanova...
...people doubt that the Crimson, from past performances and on paper, is the stronger team. They have ground out over 200 yards in each of their previous games, and with Ravenel's passing showing considerable improvement against Cornell, the offense should definitely be more than Columbia can handle...