Word: dubious
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Just an old grouch as mean as he looks and he looks terrible. Grumbles from the minute he enters your cab until he pays you the exact fare. . . ." And so on for six lacerating paragraphs to the conclusion: "The name of the man who has the somewhat dubious reputation of being . . . the world's worst rider, is Darling...
Returning from Cleveland, Mr. Eaton again spoke against the "calamity'' and announced he had 412,571 shares whereas 395,201 could block the deal. To this Mr. Grace answered: "That statement is not at all in keeping with authoritative information I have received. ..." Just as dubious of Mr. Eaton's victory was Chairman Campbell, saying: "It is absolutely foolish for anyone to make claims. . The proxies already in our hands leave no doubt in my mind that the merger will be approved...
Yancey Cravat, silver-voiced lawyer, dead shot, thespian idealist, came up from the Cimarron, from a dubious past, to decorous Wichita, Kan., captivated Wichita's belle, Sabra Venable, carried her off with him over the protests of her family to help build the new Territory of Oklahoma. They settled in Osage City (a fictitious name), where houses were scarce, water scarcer, whiskey and sudden death plentiful, a man's life worth less than a horse's. Yancey started a newspaper, made many friends, many enemies. At Osage's first church service, held in Arkansas Grafs tent-saloon, Yancey killed...
...general, written reports offer a fairer basis for judgment of the student's ability than such devices as hour examinations, but where such reports are allowed to degenerate into mere compilations of source material, their constructive value to the student is dubious...
...myself in accord, but I should be in grave fear lest section 4 lead to gross abuses. A "federal educational" bureau would become simply the organ of a prohibition party, and this clause might lead to the establishment of an endowed newspaper or some other experiment of more than dubious value...