Word: dubious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...March 26, 1796, General Napoleon, Commander-in-Chief of the Army of Italy, with a dubious reputation to maintain, arrived in Nice to take charge of his demoralized and mutinous troops. The 26-year-old officer was oppressed by great worries. His army was unfed, undisciplined, dissipating every victory by pillaging. His staff was jealous and unreliable. The suspicious Directory in Paris hampered his activities. He was outnumbered by the Austrians and the Piedmontese. Moreover, his bride of 17 days, a onetime aristocrat, did not answer his letters. In less than four months Napoleon had virtually driven the Austrians from...
...sale of lottery tickets. Even after the Aqueduct was finished, fire-fighting remained in the hands of private companies whose rivalries frequently threatened the city, since partisans of one company or another would seize the hydrant near a blaze, prevent its use until friends arrived. Such colorful items of dubious historical importance Henry Collins Brown includes in a volume on Victorian New York, succeeds in writing an amusing if somewhat musty book characterized by an old-fashioned respect for old-fashioned things...
Fact was, George II and the Greek people have no ardent love for one another. George, who is the protege and frequent houseguest of Britain's King-Emperor George V, seemed especially dubious of the invitation of General Kondylis, who is an open admirer of Benito Mussolini. In London the King's aide told newshawks that everything was still uncertain and in Athens Regent Kondylis replied that, if George refused to return, he would find another King...
This should encourage Freshmen who would like to play football but are rather dubious over their ability. They can feel certain that their talents will be given a thorough testing for neither Mr. Harlow nor his assistants believe in loafing at practice...
...fear that no one will notice the changed form of our editorial page this morning, we have decided to comment upon it. Since many friends have told us not only of the dubious character of the material usually printed here but also of the difficulty in reading it, we are trying to solve the latter difficulty...