Word: dubious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Levin of Jamaica, N. Y., defend his dubious right to it against an enraged Mexican named Vincent Lopez, Pacific Coast claim ant. When each had won one fall, Wrestler Lopez charged the referee, had to be restrained by his handlers. Wrestler Levin won the third fall six minutes later...
...packed the gigantic new Olympic Stadium. Below them cavorted the finest athletes in the world. In the press stand sat 1,500 reporters, hundreds more than customarily report League of Nations doings at Geneva. Whether or not the Olympic Games actually serve their purpose of promoting international understanding remains dubious. That they afford harmless amusement to participants & spectators, a valuable chance for ballyhoo to the nation which holds them, no one is better aware than Realmleader Adolf Hitler, who attended every session except one last week, inspired his loyal Nazi followers to win the unheard of total of five track...
...committees sent lawyers to Stockholm, verified the existence of collateral for the debentures, petitioned the Supreme Court of Massachusetts to appoint for its safekeeping a New York trustee. They fought the claims brought by the creditors of International Match and Swedish Match, which alone remained in business, against the dubious assets of Kreuger & Toll. When it appeared that Swedish law might defeat them, they persuaded the other two groups to participate in extra-legal negotiations...
...political influence, such as her contemporary Emma Hart, Lady Hamilton, enjoyed through her hold on Lord Nelson. She never even inspired deep affection in her lovers. But as Harriette Wilson she traveled with the big names of a bad age, and her observation thereof has clinched for her the dubious honor of being the most articulate British prostitute...
...radios in the U. S., Atwater Kent is the personal property of its ingenious founder. During its peak year, 1929, it turned out nearly 1,000,000 sets, and its total sales were supposed to have been $60,000,000. At that time Mr. Kent was certainly not dubious about the profit possibilities of radio. He rushed a tremendous addition to the plant on Philadelphia's Wissahickon Avenue, starting production in it before the cornerstone was officially dedicated. Visitors were awed by Atwater Kent's luxurious general offices, dumfounded when they peeked through a special window to watch...